THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


L 

There  was  a  man  of  the  Island  of  Hawaii 
whom  I  shall  call  Keawe;  for  the  truth  is,  he  still 
lives  and  his  name  must  be  kept  secret;  but  the 
place  of  his  birth  was  not  far  from  Honaunau, 
where  the  bones  of  Keawe  the  Great  lie  hidden  in 
a  cave.  This  man  was  poor,  brave,  and  active; 
he  could  read  and  write  like  a  school-master;  he 
was  a  first-rate  mariner  besides,  sailed  for  some 
time  in  the  island  steamers,  and  steered  a  whale¬ 
boat  on  the  Hamakua  coast.  At  length  it  came 
in  Keawe’ s  mind  to  have  a  sight  of  the  great 
world  and  foreign  cities,  and  he  shipped  on  a 
vessel  bound  to  San  Francisco. 

This  is  a  fine  town,  with  a  fine  harbor,  and  a 
rich  people  uncountable,  and  in  particular,  there 
is  one  hill  which  is  covered  with  palaces.  Upon 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP* 


this  hill  Keawe  was  one  day  taking  a  walk,  with 
his  pocket  full  of  money,  viewing  the  great 
houses  upon  either  hand  with  pleasure. 

“  What  fine  houses  these  are!”  he  was  think¬ 
ing,  “  and  how  happy  must  these  people  be  who 
dwell  in  them  and  take  no  care  for  the  morrow.” 

The  thought  was  in  his  mind  when  he  came 
abreast  of  a  house  that  was  smaller  than  some 
others,  but  all  finished  and  beautified  like  a  toy; 
the  steps  of  that  house  shone  like  silver,  and  the 
borders  of  the  garden  bloomed  like  garlands;  and 
the  windows  were  bright  like  diamonds;  and 
Keawe  stopped  and  wondered  at  the  excellence  of 
all  he  saw.  So,  stopping,  he  was  aware  of  a  man 
that  looked  forth  upon  him  through  a  window  so 
clear  that  Keawe  could  see  him  as  you  see  a  fish 
in  a  pool  upon  the  reef.  The  man  was  elderly, 
with  a  bald  head  and  a  black  beard;  and  his  face 
was  heavy  with  sorrow,  and  he  bitterly  sighed. 
And  the  truth  of  it  is  that  as  Keawe  looked  in 
upon  the  man,  and  the  man  looked  out  upon 
Keawe,  each  envied  the  other. 

All  of  a  sudden  the  man  smiled  and  nodded. 


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» 

and  beckoned  Keawe  to  enter,  and  met  him  in 
the  door  of  the  house. 

“  This  is  a  fine  house  of  mine,”  said  the  man, 
and  bitterly  sighed.  “  Would  you  not  care  to 
view  the  chambers  ?” 

So  he  led  Keawe  all  over  it  from  the  cellar  to 
the  roof,  and  there  was  nothing  there  that  was 
not  perfect  of  its  kind,  and  Keawe  was  aston¬ 
ished. 

“  Truly,”  said  Keawe,  “  this  is  a  beautiful 
house.  If  I  lived  in  the  like  of  it,  I  should  be 
laughing  all  day  long;  how  comes  it,  then,  that 
i,ou  should  be  sighing?” 

“  There  is  no  reason,”  said  the  man,  “  why 
you  should  not  have  a  house  similar  to  this,  and 
finer,  if  you  wish.  You  have  some  money,  I 
suppose?” 

“  I  have  fifty  dollars,”  said  Keawe;  “bat  a 
house  like  this  will  cost  more  than  fifty  dollars.” 

The  man  made  a  computation. 

“I  am  sorry  you  have  no  more,”  said  he, 
“  for  it  may  raise  you  trouble  in  the  future;  but 
it  shall  be  yours  at  fifty  di  ' 


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THE  BOTTLE  Dm 


“  The  house?”  asked  Keawe. 

“  No,  not  the  house,”  replied  the  man,  “but 
the  bottle.  For  I  must  tell  you,  although  I  ap¬ 
pear  to  you  so  rich  and  fortunate,  all  my  fortune, 
and  this  house  itself  and  its  garden,  came  out  of 
a  bottle  not  much  bigger  than  a  pint.  This  is  it.” 

And  he  opened  a  lock-fast  place  and  he  took 
out  a  round -bellied  bottle  with  a  long  neck.  The 
glass  of  it  was  white,  like  milk,  with  changing 
rainbow  colors  in  the  grain;  while  inside  some¬ 
thing  obscurely  moved,  like  a  shadow  and  a  fire. 

“  This  is  the  bottle,”  said  the  man;  and  when 
Keawe  laughed,  “  You  do  not  believe  me?”  he 
added.  “Try,  then,  for  yourself.  See  if  you 
can  break  it.” 

So  Keawe  took  the  bottle  up  and  dashed  it  on 
the  floor  till  he  was  weary,  but  it  jumped  on  the 
floor,  like  a  child’s  ball,  and  was  not  injured. 

“This  is  a  strange  thing,”  said  Keawe;  “for 
by  the  touch  of  it,  as  well  as  by  the  look,  the 
bottle  should  be  of  glass.” 

“  Of  glass  it  is,”  replied  the  man,  sighing 
more  heavily  than  ever;  “  but  the  glass  of  it  was 


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tempered  in  the  flames  of  hell.  An  imp  lives  in 
it,  and  that  is  the  shadow  we  behold  there  mov¬ 
ing;  or  so  I  suppose.  If  any  man  buys  this 
bottle,  the  imp  is  at  his  command;  all  that  he 
desires:  love,  fame,  money,  houses  like  this 
house — ay,  or  a  city  like  this  city — all  are  his  at 
the  word  uttered.  Napoleon  had  this  bottle,  and 
by  it  he  grew  to  be  the  king  of  the  world;  but  he 
sold  it  at  the  last  and  fell.  Captain  Cook  had 
this  bottle,  and  by  it  he  found  his  way  to  so 
many  islands;  but  he,  too,  sold  it,  and  was  slain 
upon  Hawaii.  For  once  it  is  sold,  the  power 
goes,  and  the  protection;  and  unless  a  man  re¬ 
main  content  with  what  he  has,  ill  will  befall 
him.” 

“  And  yet  you  talk  of  selling  it  yourself?” 
Keawe  said. 

“  I  have  all  I  wish,  and  I  am  growing 
elderly,”  replied  the  man.  “  There  is  one  tiling 
the  imp  can  not  do;  he  can  not  prolong  life;  and 
it  would  not  be  fair  to  conceal  from  you  there  is 
a  drawback  to  the  bottle,  for  if  a  man  dies  before 
he  sells  it,  he  must  burn  in  hell  forever.” 


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V 

“  To  be  sure,  that  is  a  drawback,  and  no  mis¬ 
take,”  cried  Keawe.  “  I  would  not  meddle  with 
the  thing.  I  can  do  without  a  house,  thank  God! 
but  there  is  one  thing  I  could  not  be  doing  with 
one  particle,  and  that  is  to  be  damned.” 

“Dear  me!  you  must  not  run  away  with 
things,”  returned  the  man.  “All  you  have  to 
do  is  to  use  the  power  of  the  imp  in  moderation, 
and  then  sell  it  to  some  one  else,  as  I  do  to  you, 
and  finish  your  life  in  comfort.” 

“  Well,  I  observe  two  things,”  said  Keawe. 
“  All  the  time  you  keep  sighing  like  a  maid  in 
love;  that  is  one.  And  for  the  other,  you  sell 
this  bottle  very  cheap.” 

'*  “  I  have  told  you  already  why  I  sigh,”  said  the 

man.  “  It  is  because  I  fear  my  health  is  break¬ 
ing  up;  and,  as  you  said  yourself,  to  die  and  go 
to  the  devil  is  a  pity  for  any  one.  As  for  why  I 
sell  so  cheap,  I  must  explain  to  you  there  is  a 
peculiarity  about  the  bottle.  Long  ago,  when 

«j* 

the  devil  brought  it  first  upon  the  earth,  it  was 
extremely  expensive,  and  was  sold  first  of  all  to 

Preeter  John  for  many  million?  o  J  dollars;  but  it 


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oan  not  be  sold  at  all,  unless  sold  at  a  loss.  If 
you  sell  it  for  as  much  as  you  paid  for  it,  back  it 
comes  to  you  again,  like  a  homing  pigeon.  It 
follows  that  the  price  has  kept  falling  in  these 
centuries,  and  the  bottle  is  now  remarkably 
cheap.  I  bought  it  myself  from  one  of  my  great 
neighbors  on  this  hill,  and  the  price  I  paid  was 
only  ninety  dollars.  I  could  sell  it  for  as  high  as 
eighty-nine  dollars  and  ninety-nine  cents,  but  not 
a  penny  dearer,  or  back  the  thing  must  come  to 
me.  Now,  about  this  there  are  two  bothers. 
First,  when  you  offer  a  bottle  so  singular  for 
eighty  odd  dollars,  people  suppose  you  to  be  jest¬ 
ing.  And  second — but  there  is  no  hurry  about 
that,  and  I  need  not  go  into  it.  Only  remem¬ 
ber,  it  must  be  ccined  money  that  you  sell  it 
for.” 

“  How  am  I  to  know  that  this  is  all  true?” 
asked  Keawe. 

“  Some  of  it  you  can  try  at  once,”  replied  the 
man.  “  Give  me  your  fifty  dollars,  take  the 
bottle,  and  wish  your  fifty  dollars  back  into  your 
pocket.  If  that  does  not  happen,  I  pledge  you 


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my  honor  I  will  cry  off  the  bargain  and  restore 
your  money.’ ’ 

“  You  are  not  deceiving  me?”  said  Keawe. 

The  man  bound  himself  with  a  great  oath. 

“  Well,  I  will  risk  that  much,”  said  Keawe, 
ts  for  that  can  do  no  harm.” 

And  he  paid  over  his  money  to  the  man,  and 
the  man  handed  him  the  bottle. 

“  Imp  of  the  bottle,”  said  Keawe,  “  I  want 
my  fifty  dollars  back.” 

And,  sure  enough,  he  had  scarce  said  the  words 
before  his  pocket  was  as  heavy  as  ever. 

“  To  be  sure,  this  is  a  wonderful  bottle!”  said 
Keawe. 

€t  And  now,  good- morning  to  you,  my  fine  fel¬ 
low,  and  the  devil  go  with  you  for  me!”  said  the 
man. 

“  Hold  on!”  said  Keawe;  “  I  don’t  want  any 
more  of  this  fun.  Here,  take  your  bottle  back.” 

“  You  have  bought  it  for  less  than  I  paid  for 
it,”  replied  the  man,  rubbing  his  hands.  “  It  is 
yours  now,  and  for  my  part,  I  am  only  concerned 
to  see  the  back  of  you.” 


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And  with  that  he  rang  for  his  Chinese  servant 
and  had  Keawe  shown  out  of  the  house. 

Now,  when  Keawe  was  in  the  street,  with  the 
bottle  under  his  arm,  he  began  to  think. 

“  If  all  is  true  about  this  bottle,  I  may  have 
made  a  losing  bargain,”  thinks  he.  “  But,  per¬ 
haps,  the  man  was  only  fooling  me.” 

\  The  first  thing  he  did  was  to  count  his  money; 
the  sum  was  exact,  forty-nine  American  dollars 
and  one  Chili  piece. 

“That  looks  like  the  truth,”  said  Keawe. 
“  Now  I  will  try  another  part.” 

The  streets  in  that  part  of  the  city  were  as 
clean  as  a  ship’s  decks,  and  though  it  was  noon, 
there  were  no  passengers.  Keawe  set  the  bottle 
in  the  gutter  and  walked  away.  Twice  he  looked 
back,  and  there  was  the  milky,  round-bellied 
bottle  where  he  left  it.  A  third  time  he  looked 
back  and  turned  a  corner;  but  he  had  scarce  done 
so  when  something  knocked  upon  his  elbow,  and 
behold!  it  was  the  long  neck  sticking  up,  and  as 
for  the  round  belly,  it  was  jammed  into  the 
pocket  of  his  pilot-coat. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


“And  that  looks  like  the  truth,  too,”  said 
Keawe. 

The  next  thing  he  did  was  to  buy  a  corkscrew 
in  a  shop,  and  go  apart  into  a  secret  place  in  the 
fields.  And  there  he  tried  to  draw  the  cork;  but 
as  often  as  he  put  the  screw  in,  out  it  came 
again,  and  the  cork  as  whole  as  ever. 

“  This  is  some  new  sort  of  cork,”  said  Keawe; 
and  all  at  once  he  began  to  shake  and  sweat,  for 
he  was  afraid  of  that  bottle. 

On  his  way  back  to  the  port  side,  he  saw  a 
shop  where  a  man  sold  shells  and  clubs  from  the 
wild  islands,  old  heathen  deities,  old  coined 
money,  pictures  from  China  and  Japan,  and  all 
manner  of  things  that  sailors  bring  in  their  sea- 
chests.  And  here  he  had  an  idea.  So  he  went 
in  and  offered  the  bottle  for  one  hundred  dollars. 
The  man  of  the  shop  laughed  at  him  at  the  first, 
and  offered  him  five  dollars,  as  indeed  it  was  a 
curious  bottle;  such  glass  was  never  blown  in  any 
human  glass-work,  so  prettily  the  colors  shone 
under  the  milky-white,  and  so  strangely  the 
shadow  hovered  in  the  midst;  so,  after  he  had 


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15 


r  < 


disputed  awhile,  after  the  manner  of  his  kind,  the 
shopman  gave  Keawe  sixty  silver  dollars  for  the 
thing,  and  set  it  on  a  shelf  in  the  midst  of  his 
window. 

(i  Now,”  said  Keawe,  “  I  have  sold  that  for 
sixty  which  I  bought  for  fifty,  or,  to  say  the 
truth,  a  little  less,  because  one  of  my  dollars  was 
from  Chili.  Now  I  shall  know  the  truth  upon 
another  point.” 

So  he  went  back  on  board  his  ship,  and  when 
he  opened  his  chest  there  was  the  bottle,  and  it  had 
come  more  quickly  than  himself.  Now,  Keawe 
had  a  mate  on  board,  whose  name  was  Lopaka. 

“  What  ails  you,”  said  Lopaka,  “  that  you 
stare  in  your  chest?” 

They  were  alone  in  the  ship's  forecastle,  and 
Keawe  bound  him  to  secrecy  and  told  all. 

“  This  is  a  very  strange  affair,”  said  Lopaka, 
“  and  I  fear  you  will  be  in  trouble  about  this 
bottle.  But  there  is  one  point  very  clear — that 
you  are  sure  of  the  trouble,  and  you  had  better 
have  the  profit  in  the  bargain.  Make  up  your 
mind  what  you  want  with  it,  give  the  order,  and 


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16 

if  it  is  done  as  you  desire,  I  will  buy  the  bottle 
myself,  for  I  have  an  idea  of  my  own  to  get  a 
schooner  and  go  trading  through  the  islands.” 

“  That  is  not  my  idea,”  said  Keawe;  “  but  to 
have  a  beautiful  house  and  garden  on  the  Kona 
coast,  where  I  was  born,  the  sun  shining  in  at  the 
door,  flowers  in  the  garden,  glass  in  the  windows, 
pictures  on  the  walls,  and  toys  and  fine  carpets 
on  the  tables,  for  all  the  world  like  the  house  I 
was  in  this  day,  only  a  story  higher,  and  with 
balconies  all  about,  like  the  king’s  palace;  and  to 
live  there  without  care,  and  make  merry  with  my 
friends  and  relatives.” 

C(  Well,”  said  Lopaka,  “  let  us  carry  it  back 
with  us  to  Hawaii,  and  if  all  comes  true,  as  you 
suppose,  I  will  buy  the  bottle,  as  I  said,  and  ask 
a  schooner.” 

Upon  that  they  were  agreed,  and  it  was  not 
long  before  the  ship  returned  to  Honolulu,  carry¬ 
ing  Keawe,  and  Lopaka,  and  the  bottle.  They 
were  scarce  come  ashore,  when  they  met  a  friend 
upon  the  beach,  who  began  at  once  to  condole 
with  Keawe. 


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“  I  do  not  know  what  I  am  to  be  condoled 
about/’  said  Keawe. 

“  Is  it  possible  you  have  not  heard?”  said  the 
friend.  “Your  uncle,  that  good  old  man,  is 
dead,  and  your  cousin,  that  beautiful  boy,  was 
drowned  at  sea.” 

Keawe  was  filled  with  sorrow,  and  beginning 
to  weep  and  to  lament,  he  forgot  about  the 
bottle.  But  Lopaka  was  thinking  to  himself, 
and  presently,  when  Keawe’ s  grief  was  a  little 
abated,  “  I  have  been  thinking,”  said  Lopaka, 
“  had  not  .your  uncle  lands  in  Hawaii,  in  the  dis¬ 
trict  of  Kau?” 

“  No,”  said  Keawe,  “  not  in  Kau;  they  are  on 
the  mountain-side,  a  little  besouth  Hookena.” 

“These  lands  will  now  be  yours?”  asked 
Lopaka. 

“  And  so  they  will,”  said  Keawe,  and  began 
again  to  lament  for  his  relatives. 

“No,”  said  Lopaka,  “do  not  lament  at  pres¬ 
ent.  I  have  a  thought  in  my  mind.  How  if  this 
should  be  the  doing  of  the  bottle?  For  here  is 
the  place  ready  for  your  house.” 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 

“  If  this  be  so,”  cried  Keawe,  “  it  is  a  very  ill 
way  to  serve  me  by  killing  my  relatives.  But  it 
may  be,  indeed;  for  it  was  in  just  such  a  station 
that  I  saw  the  house  with  my  mind’s  eye.” 

“  The.  house,  however,  is  not  yet  built,”  said 
Lopaka. 

“  No;  nor  like  to  be,”  says  Keawe,  “for 
though  my  uncle  has  some  coffee,  and  ava,  and 
bananas,  it  will  not  be  more  than  will  keep  me  in 
comfort;  and  the  rest  of  that  land  is  the  black 
lava.” 

“  Let  us  go  to  the  lawyer,”  said  Lopaka.  “  I 
have  still  this  idea  in  my  mind.  ’  ’ 

Now,  when  they  came  to  the  lawyer’s  it,  ap¬ 
peared  Keawe’s  uncle  had  grown  monstrous 
rich  in  the  last  days,  and  there  was  a  fund  of 
money. 

“  And  here  is  the  money  for  the  house,”  cried 
Lopaka. 

“  If  you  are  thinking  of  a  new  house,”  said 
the  lawyer,  “  here  is  the  card  of  a  new  architect, 
of  whom  they  tell  me  great  things.” 

“  Better  and  better!”  cried  Lopaka.  “  Her© 


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19 


is  all  made  plain  for  us.  Let  us  continue  to  obey 
orders.” 

So  they  went  to  the  architect,  and  he  had  draw¬ 
ings  of  houses  on  his  table. 

r 

“  You  want  something  out  of  the  way,”  said 
the  architect.  “  How  do  you  like  this?”  and  he 
handed  a  drawing  to  Keawe. 

How,  when  Keawe  set  eyes  on  the  drawing  he 
cried  out  aloud,  for  it  was  the  picture  of  his 
thought  exactly  drawn. 

“  I  am  in  for  this  house,”  thought  he.  “  Lit¬ 
tle  as  I  like  the  way  it  comes  to  me,  I  am  in  for 
it  now,  and  I  may  as  well  take  the  good  along 
with  the  evil.” 

So  he  told  the  architect  all  that  he  wished,  and 
how  he  would  have  that  house  furnished,  and 
about  the  pictures  on  the  walls  and  the  knick- 
knacks  on  the  tables;  and  then  he  asked  the  man 
plainly  for  how  much  he  would  undertake  the 
whole  affair. 

The  architect  put  many  questions,  and  took  his 
pen  and  made  a  computation ;  and  when  he  had  done 
he  named  the  very  sum  that  Keawe  had  inherited. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


Lopaka  and  Keawe  looked  at  each  other  and 
nodded. 

“It  is  quite  clear,”  thought  Keawe,  “  that  I 
am  to  have  this  house,  whether  or  not.  It  comes 
from  the  devil,  and  I  fear  I  will  get  little  good  by 
that.  And  of  one  thing  I  am  sure,  I  will  make 
no  more  wishes  as  long  as  I  have  this  bottle. 
But  with  the  house  I  am  saddled,  and  I  may  as 
well  take  the  good  along  with 'the  evil.” 

So  he  made  his  terms  with  the  architect,  and 
they  signed  a  paper;  and  Keawe  and  Lopaka 
took  ship  again  and  sailed  to  Australia;  for  it  was 
concluded  between  them  they  should  not  inter¬ 
fere  at  all,  but  leave  the  architect  and  the  bottle 
imp  to  build  and  to  adorn  that  house  at  their  own 
pleasure. 

The  voyage  was  a  good  voyage,  only  all  the 
time  Keawe  was  holding  in  his  breath,  for  he  had 
sworn  he  would  utter  no  more  wishes  and  take  no 
more  favors  from  the  devil.  The  time  was  up 
when  they  got  back;  the  architect  told  them  that 
the  house  was  ready,  and  Keawe  and  Lopaka 
took  a  passage  ia  the  “Hall,”  and  went  down 


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St 


Kona  ways  to  view  the  house  and  see  if  all  had 
been  done  fitly,  according  to  the  thought  that 
was  in  Keawe’s  mind. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


II. 

Now,  the  house  stood  on  the  mountain-side, 
visible  to  ships.  Above,  the  forest  ran  up  into 
the  clouds  of  rain;  below,  the  black  lava  fell  in 
cliffs,  where  the  kings  of  old  lay  buried.  A  gar¬ 
den  bloomed  about  that  house  with  every  hue  of 
flowers;  and  there  was  an  orchard  of  Papaia  on 
the  one  hand,  and  an  orchard  of  fruit-bread  on 
the  other;  and  right  in  front,  toward  the  sea,  a 
ship’s  mast  had  been  rigged  up,  and  bore  a  flag. 
As  for  the  house,  it  was  three  stories  high,  with 
great  chambers  and  broad  balconies  on  each;  the 
windows  were  of  glass  so  excellent  that  it  was  as 
clear  as  water  and  as  bright  as  day;  all  manner 
of  furniture  adorned  the  chambers;  pictures  hung 
upon  the  walls  in  golden  frames — pictures  of 
ships,  and  men  fighting,  and  of  the  most  beauti¬ 
ful  women,  and  of  singular  places.  Nowhere  in 
the  world  are  there  pictures  of  so  bright  a  color 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


as  those  Keawe  found  hanging  in  his  house.  As 
for  the  knickknacks,  they  were  extraordinary 
fine;  chiming  clocks  and  musical-boxes,  little  men 
with  nodding  heads,  books  filled  with  pictures, 
weapons  from  all  quarters  of  the  world,  and  the 
most  elegant  puzzles  ’to  entertain  the  leisure  of  a 
solitary  man.  And  as  no  one  would  care  to  live 
in  such  chambers,  only  to  walk  through  and  view 
them,  the  balconies  were  made  so  broad  that  a 
whole  town  might  have  lived  upon  them  in  de¬ 
light;  and  Keawe  knew  not  which  to  prefer, 
whether  the  back  porch,  where  you  got  the  land 
breeze,  and  looked  upon  the  orchards  and  the 
flowers,  or  the  front  balcony,  where  you  could 
drink  the  wind  of  the  sea,  and  look  down  the 
steep  wall  of  the  mountain,  and  see  the  “  Hall ” 
going  by  once  a  week  or  so,  between  Hookena 
and  the  Hills  of  Pele,  or  the  schooners  plying' up 
the  coast  for  wood,  and  ava,  and  bananas. 

When  they  had  viewed  all,  Keawe  and  Lopaka 
sat  on  the  porch. 

“  Well,”  asked  Lopaka,  “is  it  all  as  you  de¬ 
signed?” 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


“  Words  can  not  utter  it,”  said  Keawe.  “  It 
is  better  than  I  dreamed,  and  I  am  sick  with  sat¬ 
isfaction/’ 

“  There  is  but  one  thing  to  consider,”  said 
Lopaka.  “  All  this  may  be  quite  natural,  and 
the  bottle  imp  have  nothing  whatever  to  say  to 
it.  If  I  were  to  buy  the  bottle  and  get  no 
schooner  after  all,  I  should  have  put  my  hand  in 
the  fire  for  nothing.  I  gave  you  my  word,  I  know, 
but  yet  I  think  you  would  not  grudge  me  one 
more  proof.” 

“  I  have  sworn  I  would  take  no  more  favors,” 
said  Keawe.  “  I  have  gone  already  deep 

“  This  is  no  favor  I  am  thinking  of,”  replied 
Lopaka.  “  It  is  only  to  see  the  imp  himself. 
There  is  nothing  to  be  gained  by  that,  and  so  noth¬ 
ing  to  be  ashamed  of,  and  yet  if  I  once  saw  him 
I  should  be  ashamed  of  the  whole  matter.  So  in¬ 
dulge  me  so  far,  and  let  me  see  the  imp,  and 
after  that  there  is  the  money  in  my  hand,  and  I 
will  buy  it.” 

“  There  is  only  one  thing  that  I  am  afraid  of,” 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


X 

said  Keawe.  44  The  imp  may  be  very  ugly  to 

view,  and  if  you  once  set  eyes  on  him  you  might 

be  very  undesirous  of  the  bottle.” 

« 

“  I  am  a  man  of  my  word,”  said  Lopaka. 
“  And  here  is  the  money  betwixt  us,” 

“Very  well,”  replied  Keawe;  “  I  have  a 
curiosity  myself.  So  come,  let  us  have  one  look 
at  you,  Mr.  Imp.” 

Now,  as  soon  as  that  was  said,  the  imp  looked 
out  of  the  bottle  and  in  again,  swift  as  a  lizard; 
and  there  sat  Keawe  and  Lopaka,  turned  to 
stone.  The  night  had  quite  come  before  either 
found  a  thought  to  say  or  voice  to  say  it  with, 
and  then  Lopaka  pushed  the  money  over  and 
took  the  bottle. 

“  I  am  a  man  of  my  word,”  said  he,  “  and  had 
need  to  be  so,  or  I  would  not  touch  this  bottle 
with  my  foot.  Well,  I  shall  get  my  schooner 
and  a  dollar  or  two  for  my  pocket;  and  then  I 
will  be  rid  of  this  devil  as  fast  as  I  can.  For,  to 
tell  the  plain  truth,  the  look  of  him  has  cast  me 
down.” 

“  Lopaka,”  said  Keawe,  “do  not  think  any 


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THE  BOTTLE  lMf>. 


worse  of  me  than  you  can  help.  I  know  it  is 
night,  and  the  roads  bad,  and  the  pass  by  the 
tombs  an  ill  place  to  go  by  so  late;  but  I  declare, 
since  I  have  seen  that  little  face  I  can  not  eat,  or 
sleep,  or  pray  till  it  is  gone  from  me.  I  will  give 
you  a  lantern,  and  a  basket  to  put  the  bottle  in, 
and  any  picture  or  fine  thing  in  my  house  that 
takes  your  fancy,  and  be  gone  at  once,  and  go 
sleep  at  Hookena  with  Nahinu." 

“  Keawe,"  said  Lopaka,  “  many  a  man  would 
take  this  ill;  above  all,  when  I  am  doing  you  a 
turn  so  friendly  as  to  keep  my  word  and  to  buy 
the  bottle,  and,  for  that  matter,  the  night,  and 
the  dark,  and  the  way  by  the  tombs  must  be  all 
tenfold  more  dangerous  to  a  man  with  such  a  sin 
upon  his  conscience  and  such  a  bottle  under  his 
arm.  But  for  my  part,  I  am  so  extremely  terri¬ 
fied  myself,  I  have  not  the  heart  to  blame  you. 
Here  I  go,  then,  and  I  pray  God  you  may  be 
happy  in  your  house,  and  I  fortunate  with  my 
schooner,  and  both  get  to  heaven  in  the  end,  in 
spite  of  the  devil  and  his  bottle." 

So  Lopaka  went  down  the  mountain,  and 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


* 

Keawe  stood  in  his  front  balcony  and  listened  to 
the  clink  of  the  horse's  shoes,  and  watched  the 
lantern  go  shining  down  the  path  and  along  the 
cliff  of  caves,  where  the  old  dead  are  buried;  and 
all  the  time  he  trembled  and  clasped  his  hands 
and  prayed  for  his  friend,  and  gave  glory  to 
God  that  he  himself  was  escaped  out  of  that 
trouble. 

But  the  next  day  came  very  brightly,  and  that 
new  house  of  his  was  so  delightful  to  behold  that 
he  forgot  his  terrors.  One  day  followed  another, 
and  Keawe  dwelt  there  in  perpetual  joy.  He 
had  his  place  on  the  back  porch;  it  was  there  he 
eat,  and  lived,  and  read  the  stories  in  the  Hono¬ 
lulu  newspapers;  but  when  any  one  came  by  they 
would  go  in  and  view  the  chambers  and  the  pict¬ 
ures.  And  the  fame  of  the  house  went  far  and 
wide.  It  was  called  Ka-Hale  Nui — the  Great 

-  s 

House — in  all  Kona;  and  sometimes  the  Bright 
House,  for  Keawe  kept  a  Chinaman,  who  was  all 
day  dusting  and  furbishing,  and  the  glass,  and 
the  gilt,  and  the  fine  stuffs,  and  the  pictures 
shone  as  bright  as  the  morning.  As  for  Keawe 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


himself,  he  could  not  walk  in  the  chambers  with¬ 
out  singing,  his  heart  was  so  enlarged;  and  when 
ships  sailed  by  upon  the  sea  he  would  fly  his 
colors  on  the  mast. 

Some  time  went  by  until  one  day  Keawe  went 
upon  a  visit  as  far  as  Kailua,  to  certain  of  his 
friends.  There  he  was  well  feasted,  and  left  as 
soon  as  he  could  the  next  morning,  and  rode 
hard,  for  he  was  impatient  to  behold  his  beauti¬ 
ful  house,  and  besides,  the  night  then  coming  on 
was  the  night  in  which  the  dead  of  old  days  go 
abroad  in  the  sides  of  Kona;  and  having  already 
meddled  with  the  devil,  he  was  the  more  chary 
of  meeting  with  the  dead.  A  little  beyond  Ho- 
naunau,  looking  far  ahead,  he  was  aware  of  a 
woman  bathing  in  the  edge  of  the  sea;  and  she 
seemed  a  well-grown  girl;  but  he  thought  no 
more  of  it.  Then  he  saw  her  white  shift  flutter 
as  she  put  it  on,  and  then  her  red  holoku,  and 
by  the  time  he  came  abreast  of  her  she  was  done 
with  her  toilet  and  had  come  up  from  the  sea  and 
stood  by  the  track-side  in  her  red  holoku,  and  she 
was  all  fresh  with  the  bath,  and  her  eyes  shone 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


20 

and  were  kind.  Now  Keawe  no  sooner  beheld 
her  than  he  drew  rein. 

“  I  thought  I  knew  every  one  in  this  coun¬ 
try,”  he  said.  “  How  comes  it  that  I  do  not 
know  you?” 

“I  am  Kokua,  daughter  of  Kiano,”  said  the 
girl,  “  and  I  have  just  returned  from  Oahu. 
Who  are  you?” 

“  I  will  tell  you  who  I  am  in  a  little,”  said 
Keawe,  dismounting  from  his  horse,  “  but  not 
now,  for  I  have  a  thought  in  my  mind,  and  if 
you  knew  who  I  was,  you  might  have  heard  of 
me,  and  you  would  not  give  me  a  true  answer. 
But  tell  me,  first  of  all,  one  thing.  Are  you 
married?” 

At  this  Kokua  laughed  out  loud. 

“  It  is  you  who  ask  questions,”  she  said.  “  Are 
you  married  yourself?” 

“  Indeed,  Kokua,  I  am  not,”  replied  Keawe, 
“  and  never  thought  to  be  until  this  hour.  But 
here  is  the  plain  truth :  I  have  met  you  here  at 
the  road-side  and  saw  your  eyes,  which  are  like 
the  stars,  and  my  heart  went  to  you  swift  as  a 


80 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


bird.  And  so  now,  if  you  want  none  of  me,  say 
go,  and  I  will  go  on  to  my  own  place;  but  if  you 
think  me  no  worse  than  any  other  young  man, 
say  so,  too,  and  I  will  turn  aside  to  your  father’s 
for  the  night,  and  to-morrow  I  will  talk  with  the 
good  man.” 

Kokua  said  never  a  word,  but  she  looked  at  the 
sea  and  laughed. 

“  Kokua,”  said  Keawe,  “  if  you  say  nothing, 
I  will  take  that  for  the  good  answer;  so  let  us  be 
stepping  to  your  father’s  door.” 

She  went  on  ahead  of  him,  still  without 
speech;  only  sometimes  she  glanced  back,  and 
glanced  away  again;  and  she  kept  the  strings  of 
her  hat  in  her  mouth. 

Now,  when  they  had  come  to  the  door,  Kiano 
came  out  in  his  veranda,  and  cried  out,  and  wel¬ 
comed  Keawe  by  name.  At  that  the  girl  looked 
over,  for  the  fame  of  the  great  house  had  come 
to  her  ears,  and  to  be  sure  it  was  a  great  tempta¬ 
tion.  All  that  evening  they  were  very  merry 
together;  and  the  girl  was  as  bold  as  brass  under 
the  eyes  of  her  parents,  and  made  a  mark  of 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 

Keawe,  for  she  had  a  quick  wit.  The  next  day 
he  had  a  word  with  Kiano,  and  found  the  girl 
alone. 

“  Kokua,”  said  he,  “  you  made  a  mark  of  me 
all  evening;  and  it  is  still  time  to  bid  me  go.  I 
would  not  tell  you  who  I  was,  because  I  have  so 
fine  a  house,  and  I  feared  you  would  think  too 
much  of  that  house  and  too  little  of  the  man  that 
loves  you.  Now  you  know  all,  and  if  you  wish 
to  have  seen  the  last  of  me,  say  so  at  once.” 

“  No,”  said  Kokua.  But  this  time  she  did  not 
laugh,  nor  did  Keawe  ask  for  more. 

This  was  the  wooing  of  Keawe;  things  had 
gone  quickly,  but  so  an  arrow  goes,  and  the  ball 
of  a  rifle  swifter  still,  and  yet  both  may  strike  the 
target.  Things  had  gone  fast,  but  they  had  gone 
far  also,  and  the  thought  of  Keawe  rang  in  the 
maiden’s  head;  she  heard  his  voice  in  the  breach 
of  the  surf  upon  the  lava,  and  for  this  young  man 
that  she  had  seen  but  twice  she  would  have  left 
father,  and  mother,  and  her  native  islands.  As 
for  Keawe  himself,  his  horse  flew  up  the  path  of 
the  mountain  under  the  cliff  of  tombs,  and  the 


/ 


8$  THE  BOTTLE  HIP. 

sound  of  the  hoofs,  and  the  sound  of  Keawe  sing* 
mg  to  himself  for  pleasure,  echoed  in  the  caverns 
of  the  dead.  He  came  to  the  Bright  House,  and 
still  he  was  singing.  He  sat  and  eat  in  the  broad 
balcony,  and  the  Chinaman  wondered  at  his  mas¬ 
ter,  to  hear  how  he  sung  between  the  mouthfuls. 
The  sun  went  down  into  the  sea,  and  the  night 
came,  and  Keawe  walked  the  balconies  by  lamp¬ 
light,  high  on  the  mountain,  and  the  voice  of  his 
singing  startled  men  on  ships. 

“  Here  am  I  now  upon  my  high  place,”  he 
said  to  himself.  “  Life  may  be  no  better;  this  is 
the  mountain-top,  and  all  shelves  about  me  to¬ 
ward  the  worse.  For  the  first  time  I  will  light 
up  the  chambers,  and  bathe  in  my  fine  bath,  with 
the  hot  water  and  the  cold,  and  sleep  above  in 
the  bed  of  my  bridal-chamber.” 

So  the  Chinaman  had  word,  and  he  must  rise 
from  sleep  and  light  the  furnaces;  and  as  he 
walked  below  beside  the  boilers,  he  heard  his 
master  singing  and  rejoicing  above  him  in  the 
lighted  chambers.  "When  the  water  began  to  be 
hot,  the  Chinaman  cried  to  his  master,  and 


*k. 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP.  33 

Keawe  went  into  the  bath-room,  and  the  China¬ 
man  heard  him  sing  as  he  filled  the  marble  basin, 
and  heard  him  sing  again,  the  singing  broken,  as 
he  undressed,  until,  of  a  sudden,  the  song  ceased. 
The  Chinaman  listened  and  listened;  he  called 
up  the  house  to  Keawe,  to  ask  him  if  all  were 
well,  and  Keawe  answered  him  “  Yes,”  and  bid 
him  go  to  bed ;  but  there  was  no  more  singing  in 
the  Bright  House,  and  all  night  long  the  China¬ 
man  heard  his  master’s  feet  go  round  and  round 
the  balconies  without  repose. 

Now  the  truth  of  it  was  this:  As  Keawe  un¬ 
dressed  for  his  bath,  he  spied  upon  his  flesh  a 
patch  like  a  patch  of  lichen  on  a  rock,  and  it  was 
then  that  he  stopped  singing.  For  he  knew  the 
likeness  of  that  patch,  and  he  knew  that  he  had 
fallen  in  the  Chinese  evil. 

Now,  it  is  a  sad  thing  for  any  man  to  fall  intc 
this  sickness.  And  it  would  be  a  sad  thing  for 
any  one  to  leave  a  house  so  beautified  and  so  com¬ 
modious,  and  depart  from  all  his  friends  to  the 
north  coast  of  Molokai,  between  the  mighty  cliff 

and  .the  sea-breakers.  But  what  was  that  to  the 
2 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


34 

case  of  the  man  Keawe?  He  who  had  met  his 
love  but  yesterday,  and  won  her  but  that  morn¬ 
ing,  and  now  saw  all  his  hopes  break  in  a  mo¬ 
ment  like  a  piece  of  glass. 

Awhile  he  sat  upon  the  edge  of  the  bath;  then 
sprung,  with  a  cry,  and  ran  outside,  and  to  and 
fro,  and  to  and  fro  along  the  balcony  like  one 
despairing. 

(( Very  willingly  could  I  leave  Hawaii,  the 
home  of  my  fathers,”  Keawe  was  thinking. 
“  Very  lightly  could  I  leave  my  house,  the  high- 
placed,  the  many-windowed,  here  upon  the 
mountains.  Very  bravely  could  I  go  to  Molokai, 
to  Kalaupapa  by  the  cliffs,  to  live  with  the  smit¬ 
ten,  and  to  sleep  there  far  from  my  fathers.  But 
what  wrong  have  I  done,  what  sin  lies  upon  my 
soul,  that  I  should  have  encountered  Kokua  com¬ 
ing  cool  from  the  sea-water  in  the  evening — 
Kokua,  the  soul-insnarer,  Kokua,  the  light  of  my 
life?  Her  may  I  never  wed,  her  may  I  look  upon 
no  longer,  her  may  I  no  more  handle  with  my  lov¬ 
ing  hand.  And  it  is  for  this — it  is  for  you,  oh, 
Kokua,  that  I  pour  my  lamentations!” 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


35 


Thereupon  he  called  to  mind  it  was  the  next 
day  the  “  Hall  ”  went  by  on  her  return  to  Hono¬ 
lulu. 

•  “  There  I  must  go  first/’  he  thought,  “  and 
seek  Lopaka.  For  the  best  hope  that  I  have  now 
is  to  find  that  same  bottle  X  was  so  pleased  to  be 
rid  of.” 

Now,  you  are  to  observe  what  kind  of  a  man 
Keawe  was,  for  he  might  have  dwelt  there  in  the 
Bright  House  for  years,  and  no  one  been  the 
wiser  of  his  sickness;  but  he  recked  nothing  of 
that  if  he  must  lose  Kokua.  And  again  he 
might  have  wed  Kokua  even  as  he  was;  and  so 
many  would  have  done,  because  they  have  the 
souls  of  pigs.  But  Keawe  loved  the  maid  man¬ 
fully,  and  he  would  do  her  no  hurt  and  bring  her 
in  no  danger. 

A  little  beyond  the  midst  of  the  night  came  in 
his  mind  the  recollection  of  that  bottle.  He 
went  round  to  the  back  porch  and  called  to  mem¬ 
ory  the  day  when  the  devil  had  looked  forth,  and 
at  the  thought  ice  ran  in  his  veins. 

“  A  dreadful  thing  is  the  bottle,”  thought 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


Keawe,  “  and  dreadful  is  the  imp,  and  it  is  a 
dreadful  thing  to  risk  the  flames  of  hell.  But 
what  other  hope  have  I  to  cure  my  sickness  or  to 
wed  Kokua?  What!”  he  thought,  “  would  I 
beard  the  devil  once  only  to  get  me  a  house,  and 
not  face  him  again  to  win  Kokua?” 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


8? 


IIL 

\ 

Neteb  a  wink  could  he  sleep,  the  food  stuck 
in  his  throat;  but  he  sent  a  letter  to  Kiano,  and 
about  the  time  when  the  steamer  would  be  com¬ 
ing  rode  down  beside  the  cliff  of  the  tombs.  It 
rained;  his  horse  went  heavily;  he  looked  up  at 
the  black  mouths  of  caves,  and  he  envied  the 
dead  that  slept  there  and  were  done  with  trouble, 
and  called  to  mind  how  he  had  galloped  by  the 
day  before,  and  was  astonished.  So  he  came 
down  to  Hookena,  and  there  was  all  the  country 
gathered  for  the  steamer,  as  usual.  In  the  shed- 
before  the  store  they  sat,  and  jested,  and  passed 
the  news;  but  there  was  no  matter  of  speech  in 
Keawe’s  bosom,  and  he  sat  in  their  midst  and 
looked  without  on  the  rain  falling  on  the  houses, 
and  the  surf  beating  among  the  rocks,  and  the 
sighs  arose  in  his  throat. 

“  KeaWe,  of  the  Bright  House,  is  out  of 
spirits,”  said  one  to  another. 


38 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


Indeed,  and  so  he  was,  and  little  wonder. 

Then  the  “  Hall  ”  came,  and  the  whale-boat 
carried  him  on  board.  The  after-part  of  the 
ship  was  full  of  Haoles — whites — who  had  been  to 
visit  the  volcano,  as  their  custom  is,  and  the 
midst  was  crowded  with  Kanakas,  and  the  fore¬ 
part  with  wild  bulls  from  Hilo,  and  horses  from 
Kau;  but  Keawe  sat  apart  from  all,  in  his  sor¬ 
row,  and  watched  for  the  house  of  Kiano.  There 
it  sat,  low  upon  the  shore,  in  the  black  rocks, 
and  shaded  by  the  cocoa-palms,  and  there  by  the 
door  was  a  red  holoku,  no  greater  than  a  fly,  and 
going  to  and  fro  with  a  fly’s  business. 

“  Ah!  queen  of  my  heart,”  he  cried,  “  I  will 
venture  my  dear  soul  to  win  you!” 

Soon  after  darkness  fell,  and  the  cabins  were 
lighted  up,  and  the  Haoles  sat  and  played  at  the 
cards  and  drank  whisky,  as  their  custom  is;  but 
Keawe  walked  the  deck  all  night,  and  all  the 
next  day;  as  they  steamed  under  the  lee  of  Maui 
or  of  Molokai  he  was  still  pacing  to  and  fro,  like 
a  wild  animal  in  a  menagerie. 

Toward  evening  they  passed  Diamond  Head 


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and  came  to  the  pier  of  Honolulu.  Keawe 
stepped  out  among  the  crowd  and  began  to  ask 
for  Lopaka.  It  seemed  he  had  become  the  owner 
of  a  schooner,  none  better  in  the  islands,  and  was 
gone  upon  an  adventure  as  far  as  Pola-Pola  or 
Kahiki;  so  there  was  no  help  to  be  looked  for  from 
Lopaka.  Keawe  called  to  mind  a  friend  of  his, 
a  lawyer  in  the  town  (I  must  not  tell  his  name), 
and  inquired  of  him;  they  said  he  had  grown 
suddenly  rich  and  had  a  fine  new  house  upon 
Waikiki  shore;  and  this  put  a  thought  in  Keawe’ s 
head,  and  he  called  a  hack  and  drove  to  the 
lawyer’s  house. 

The  house  was  all  brand-new,  and  the  trees  in 
the  garden  no  greater  than  walking-sticks,  and 
the  lawyer  (when  he  came)  had  the  air  of  a  man 
well  pleased. 

“  What  can  I  do  to  serve  you?”  said  the 
lawyer. 

4  4  You  are  a  friend  of  Lopaka’ s,”  replied 
Keawe,  “  and  Lopaka-  purchased  from,  me  a  cer¬ 
tain  piece  of  goods  that  I  thought  you  might 
enable  me  to  trace.” 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


The  lawyer’s  face  became  very  dark. 

“I  do  not  profess  to  misunderstand  you,  Mr. 
Keawe,”  said  he,  “  though  this  is  an  ugly  busi¬ 
ness  to  be  stirring  in.  You  may  be  sure  I  know 
nothing,  but  yet  I  have  a  guess;  and  if  you 
would  apply  in  a  certain  quarter,  I  think  you 
might  have  news.” 

And  he  named  the  name  of  a  man,  which 
again  I  had  better  not  repeat.  So  it  was  for 
days;  and  Keawe  went  from  one  to  another,  find¬ 
ing  everywhere  new  clothes  and  carriages,  and 
fine  new  houses,  and  men  everywhere  in  great 
contentment;  although  (to  be  sure)  when  he 
hinted  at  his  business,  their  faces  would  cloud 
over. 

“  No  doubt  I  am  upon  the  track,”  thought 
Keawe.  “  These  new  clothes  and  carriages  are 
all  the  gifts  of  the  little  imp,  and  these  glad 
faces  are  the  faces  of  men  who  have  taken  their 
profit  and  got  rid  of  the  accursed  thing  in  safety. 
When  I  see  pale  cheeks  and  hear  sighing,  I  shall 
know  that  I  am  near  the  bottle.” 

So  it  befell  at  last  that  he  was  recommended 


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41 


to  a  Haole  in  Beritania  Street.  When  he  came 
to  the  door,  about  the  hour  of  the  evening  meal, 
there  were  the  usual  marks  of  the  new  house, 
and  the  young  garden,  and  the  electric  light  shin¬ 
ing  in  the  windows;  but  when  the  owner  came,  a 
shock  of  hope  and  fear  ran  through  Keawe.  For 
here  was  a  young  man,  white  as  a  corpse  and 
black  about  the  eyes,  the  hair  shedding  from  his 
head,  and  such  a  look  in  his  countenance  as  a 
man  may  have  when  he  is  waiting  for  the  gal¬ 
lows. 

“  Here  it  is,  to  be  sure,”  thought  Keawe;  and 
so  with  this  man  he  noways  veiled  his  errand. 
“Iam  come  to  buy  the  bottle,”  said  he. 

At  the  word  the  young  Haole  of  Beritania 
Street  reeled  against  the  wall. 

“The  bottle!”  he  gasped.  “To  buy  the 
bottle?” 

Then  he  seemed  to  choke,  and  seizing  Keawe 
by  the  arm,  carried  him  into  a  room  and  poured 
out  wine  in  two  glasses. 

“  Here  is  my  respects,”  said  Keawe,  who  had 
been  much  about  with  Haoles  in  his  time. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


“  Yen,”  he  added,  “  I  am  come  to  buy  the 
bottle.  What  is  the  price  by  now?” 

At  that  word  the  young  man  let  his  glass  slip 
through  his  fingers,  and  looked  upon  Keawe  like 
a  ghost. 

“  The  price?”  says  he.  “  The  price?  You 
do  not  know  the  price?” 

“  It  is  for  that  I  am  asking  you,”  returned 
Keawe.  “  But  why  are  you  so  much  concerned? 
Is  there  anything  wrong  about  the  price?” 

“  It  has  dropped  a  great  deal  in  value  since 
your  time,  Mr.  Keawe,”  said  the  young  man, 
stammering. 

“  Well,  well,  I  shall  have  the  less  to  pay  for 
it,”  says  Keawe.  “  How  much  did  it  cost  you?” 

The  young  man  was  as  white  as  a  sheet. 

“  Two  cents,”  said  he. 

‘  ‘What!”  cried  Keawe;  6i ‘  two  cents?  Why, 
then,  you  can  only  sell  it  for  one.  And  he  who 
buys  it — ” 

The  words  died  upon  Keawe’s  tongue.  He 
who  bought  it  could  never  sell  it  again;  the  bottle 
and  bottle  imp  must  abide  with  him  until  he 


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48 


died,  and  when  he  died  must  carry  him  to  the 
red  end  of  hell. 

The  young  man  of  Beritania  Street  fell  upon 
his  knees. 

<e  For  God’s  sake,  buy  it!”  he  cried.  “  You 
can  have  all  my  fortune  in  the  bargain.  I  was 
mad  when  I  bought  it  at  that  price.  I  had  em¬ 
bezzled  money  at  my  store;  I  was  lost,  else  I 
must  have  gone  to  jail.” 

‘ ‘  Poor  creature!”  said  Keawe.  “  You  would 
risk  your  soul  upon  so  desperate  an  adventure, 
and  to  avoid  the  proper  punishment  of  your  own 
disgrace;  and  you  think  I  could  hesitate  with  love 
in  front  of  me.  Give  me  the  bottle  and  the 
change,  which  I  make  sure  you  have  all  ready. 
Here  is  a  five-cent  piece.” 

It  was  as  Keawe  supposed;  the  young  man  had 
the  change  ready  in  a  drawer;  the  bottle  changed 
hands,  and  Keawe’s  fingers  were  no  sooner, 
clasped  upon  the  stalk  than  he  had  breathed  his 
wish  to  be  a  clean  man.  And  sure  enough,  when 
he  got  home  to  his  room  and  stripped  himself 
before  a  glass,  his  flesh  was  whole,  like  an  in- 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


f ant's.  And  here  was  the  strange  thing;  he  had 
no  sooner  seen  this  miracle  than  his  mind  was 
changed  within  him,  and  he  cared  naught  for  the 
Chinese  evil,  and  little  enough  for  Kokua;  and 
had  but  one  thought,  that  here  he  was  bound  to 
the  bottle  imp  for  time  and  for  eternity,  and  had 
no  better  hope  but  to  be  cinder  forever  in  the 
flames  of  hell.  Away  ahead  of  him  he  saw  them 
blaze  in  his  mind’s  eye,  and  his  soul  shrunk,  and 
darkness  fell  upon  the  light. 

When  Keawe  came  to  himself  a  little,  he  was 
aware  it  was  the  night  when  the  band  played  at 
the  hotel.  Thither  hewent,  because  he  feared  to 
be  alone;  and  there,  among  happy  faces,  walked 
to  and  fro,  and  heard  the  tunes  go  up  and  down, 
and  saw  Berger  beat  the  measure,  and  all  the 
while  he  heard  the  flames  crackle,  and  saw  the 
red  fire  burning  in  the  bottomless  pit.  Of  a  sud¬ 
den,  the  band  played  “  Hiko-ao-ao;"  that  was  a 
song  that  he  had  sung  with  Kokua,  and  at  the 
strain  courage  returned  to  him. 

“It  is  done  now,"  he  thought,  “  and  once 
more  let  me  take  the  good  along  with  the  evil.” 


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45 


So  it  befell  that  he  returned  to  Hawaii  by  the 
first  steamer,  and  as  soon  as  it  could  be  managed 
he  was  wedded  to  Kokua,  and  carried  her  up  the 

r 

mountain-side  to  the  Bright  House. 

Now  it  was  so  with  these  two  that  when  they 
were  together  Keawe’s  heart  was  stilled,  but  so 
soon  as  he  was  alone  he  fell  into  a  brooding  hor¬ 
ror,  and  heard  the  flames  crackle,  and  saw  the 
red  fire  burn  in  the  bottomless  pit.  The  girl 
indeed  had  come  to  him  wholly;  her  heart  leaped 
in  her  side  at  sight  of  him,  her  hand  clung  to 
his,  and  she  was  so  fashioned  from  the  hair  upon 
her  head  to  the  nails  upon  her  toes  that  none 
could  see  her  without  joy.  She  was  pleasant  in 
her  nature.  She  had  the  good  word  always. 
Full  of  song  she  was,  and  went  to  and  fro  in  the 
Bright  House,  the  brightest  thing  in  its  three 
stories,  caroling  like  a  bird.  And  Keawe  beheld 
and  heard  her  with  delight,  and  then  must  shrink 
upon  one  side,  and  weep  and  groan  to  think  upon 
the  price  that  he  had  paid  for  her;  and  then  he 
must  dry  his  eyes,  and  wash  his  face,  and  go  and 
sit  with  her  on  the  broad  balconies,  joining  in  her 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


songs,  and  (with  a  sick  spirit)  answering  her 
smiles. 

There  came  a  day  when  her  feet  began  to  be 
heavy  and  her  songs  more  rare;  and  now  it  was 
not  Keawe  only  that  would  weep  apart,  but  each 
would  sunder  from  the  other,  and  sit  in  opposite 
balconies,  with  the  whole  width  of  the  Bright 
House  betwixt.  Keawe  was  so  sunk  in  his  de¬ 
spair  he  scarce  observed  the  change,  and  was  only 
glad  he  had  more  hours  to  sit  alone  and  brood 
upon  his  destiny,  and  was  not  so  frequently  con¬ 
demned  to  pull  a  smiling  face  on  a  sick  heart. 
But  one  day,  coming  softly  through  the  house,  he 
heard  the  sound  of  a  child  sobbing,  and  there  was 
Kokua  rolling  her  face  upon  the  balcony  floor 
and  weeping  like  the  lost. 

You  do  well  to  keep  in  the  house,  Kokua,” 
he  said,  ee  and  yet  I  would  give  the  head  off  my 
body  that  you  (at  least)  might  have  been  happy.” 

“  Happy!”  she  cried.  “  Keawe,  when  you 
lived  alone  in  your  Bright  House,  you  were  the 
word  of  the  island  for  a  happy  man;  laughter  and 
song  were  in  your  mouth,  and  your  face  was  as 


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47 


bright  as  the  sunrise.  Then  you  wedded  poor 
Kokua,  and  the  good  God  knows  what  is  amiss  in 
her,  but  from  that  day  you  have  not  smiled. 
Oh!”  she  cried,  “  what  ails  me?  I  thought  I 
was  pretty,  and  I  know  I  loved  him.  What 
ails  me  that  I  throw  this  cloud  upon  my  hus¬ 
band?” 

6 ‘  Poor  Kokua,”  said  Keawe.  He  sat  down  by 

her  side  and  sought  to  take  her  hand,  but  that 

she  plucked  away.  “  Poor  Kokua,”  he  said 

again.  “  My  poor  child,  my  pretty!  And  I  had 

« 

thought  all  this  while  to  spare  you!  Well,  you 
shall  know  all.  Then  at  least  you  will  pity  poor 
Keawe;  then  you  will  understand  how  much  he 
has  loved  you  in  the  past,  that  he  dared  hell  for 
your  possession,  and  how  much  he  loves  you  still 
(the  poor,  condemned  one),  that  he  can  yet  call 
up  a  smile  when  he  beholds  you.” 

With  that  he  told  her  all,  even  from  the  begin¬ 
ning. 

“You  have  done  this  for  me?”  she  cried. 
“  Ah,  well,  then  what  do  I  care?”  and  she 
clasped  and  wept  upon  him. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


“Ah,  child !”  said  Keawe,  “and  yet,  when  I 
consider  the  fire  of  hell,  I  care  a  good  deal!” 

“  Never  tell  me,”  said  she,  “  no  man  can  be 
lost  because  he  loved  Kokua,  and  no  other  fault. 
I  tell  you,  Keawe,  I  shall  save  you  with  these 
hands,  or  perish  in  your  company.  What!  you 
loved  me,  and  you  gave  your  soul,  and  you  think 
I  will  not  die  to  save  you  in  return?” 

“  Ah,  my  dear,  you  might  die  a  hundred 
times,  and  what  difference  would  that  make?”  he 
cried,  “  except  to  leave  me  lonely  till  the  time 
comes  for  my  damnation.” 

“You  know  nothing,”  said  she;  “  I  was  edu¬ 
cated  in  a  school  in  Honolulu;  I  am  no  common 
girl,  and  I  tell  you  I  shall  save  my  lover.  WThat 
is  this  you  say  about  a  cent?  But  all  the  world  is 
not  America.  In  England  they  have  a  piece 
called  a  farthing,  which  is  about  half  a  cent. 
Ah,  sorrow!”  she  cried,  “  that  makes  it  scarcely 
better,  for  the  buyer  must  be  lost,  and  we  shall 
find  none  so  brave  as  my  Keawe!  But,  then, 
there  is  France;  they  have  a  small  coin  there 
which  they  call  a  centime,  and  these  go  five  to 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


49 


the  cent,  or  thereabout.  We  could  not  do  better. 
Come,  Keawe,  let  us  go  to  the  French  Islands; 
let  us  go  to  Tahiti  as  fast  as  ships  can  bear  us. 
There  we  have  four  centimes,  three  centimes,  two 
centimes,  one  centime;  four  possible  sales  to 
come  and  go  on,  and  two  of  us  to  push  the  bar¬ 
gain.  Come,  my  Keawe,  kiss  me,  and  banish 
care.  Kokua  will  defend  you.  ” 

“  Gift  of  God,”  he  cried,  “  I  can  not  think 
that  God  will  punish  me  for  desiring  aught  so 
good  I  Be  it  as  you  will,  then;  take  me  where 
you  please;  I  put  my  life  and  my  salvation  in 
your  hands.” 

Early  the  next  day,  Kokua  was  about  her 
preparations.  ‘She  took  Keawe's  chest,  that  he 
went  with  sailoring,  and  first  she  put  the  bottle 
in  the  corner,  and  then  packed  it  with  the  richest 
of  their  clothes  and  the  bravest  of  the  knick- 
knacks  in  the  house. 

“  For,”  said  she,  “  we  must  seem  to  be  sick 
folk,  or  who  will  believe  in  the  bottle?” 

All  the  time  of  her  preparation  she  was  as  gay 
as  a  bird;  only  when  she  looked  upon  Keawe,  the 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


tears  would  spring  in  her  eyes,  and  she  must  run 
and  kiss  him.  As  for  Keawe,  a  weight  was  off 
his  soul;  now  that  he  had  his  secret  shared,  and 
some  hope  in  front  of  him,  he  seemed  like  a  new 
man,  his  feet  went  lightly  on  the  earth,  and  his 
breath  was  good  to  him  again.  Yet  was  terror 
still  at  his  elbow;  and  ever  and  again,  as  the  wind 
blows  out  a  taper,  hope  died  in  him,  and  he  saw 
the  flames  toss  and  the  red  fire  burn  in  hell. 

It  was  given  out  in  the  country  they  were  gone 
pleasuring  to  the  States,  which  was  thought  a 
strange  thing,  and  yet  not  so  strange  as  the 
truth,  if  any  could  have  guessed  it.  So  they 
went  to  Honolulu  in  the  4 4  Hall,”  and  thence  in 
the  “  Umatilla  ”  to  San  Francisco,  with  a  crowd 
of  Haoles,  and  at  San  Francisco  took  their  pass¬ 
age  by  the  mail  brigantine,  the  (i  Tropic  Bird,” 
for  Papeete,  the  chief  place  of  the  French  in  the 
South  Islands.  Thither  they  came,  after  a  pleas¬ 
ant  voyage,  on  a  fair  day  of  the  trade-wind,  and 
saw  the  reef  with  the  surf  breaking,  and  Motuti 
with  its  palms,  and  the  schooners  riding  within- 
«ide,  and  the  white  houses  of  the  town  low  down 


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51 


along  the  shore  among  green  trees,  and  overhead 
the  mountains  and  the  clouds  of  Tahiti,  the  Wise 
Island. 

It  was  judged  the  most  wise  to  hire  a  house, 
which  they  did  accordingly,  opposite  the  British 
Consul’s;  to  make  a  great  parade  of  money,  and 
themselves  conspicuous  with  carriages  and  horses. 
This  was  very  easy  to  do  so  long  as  they  had  the 
bottle  in  their  possession,  for  Kokua  was  more 
bold  than  Keawe,  and  whenever  she  had  a  mind, 
called  on  the  imp  for  twenty  or  a  hundred  dol¬ 
lars.  At  this  rate  they  soon  grew  to  be  remarked 
in  the  town;  and  the  strangers  from  Hawaii, 
their  riding  and  their  driving,  the  fine  holokus 
and  the  rich  lace  of  Kokua,  became  the  matter  of 
much  talk. 

They  got  on  well  after  the  first  with  the  Tahi¬ 
tian  language,  which  is  like  to  the  Hawaiian, 
with  a  change  of  certain  letters;  and  as  soon  as 
they  had  any  freedom  of  speech,  began  to  push 
the  bottle.  You  are  to  consider  it  was  no  easy 
subject  to  introduce;  it  was  not  easy  to  persuade 
people  you  were  in  earnest  when  you  offered  to 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


sell  them  for  four  centimes  the  spring  of  health 
and  riches  inexhaustible.  It  was  necessary,  be¬ 
sides,  to  explain  the  dangers  of  the  bottle;  and 
either  people  disbelieved  the  whole  thing  and 
laughed,  or  they  thought  the  more  of  the  darker 
part,  became  overcast  with  gravity,  and  drew 
away  from  Keawe  and  Kokua  as  from  persons 
who  had  dealings  with  the  devil.  So  far  from 
gaining  ground,  these  two  began  to  find  they 
were  avoided  in  the  town;  the  children  ran  away 
from  them  screaming,  a  thing  intolerable  to 
Kokua;  Catholics  crossed  themselves  as  they  went 
by,  and  all  persons  began  with  one  accord  to  dis¬ 
engage  themselves  from  their  advances. 

~  Depression  fell  upon  their  spirits.  They 
would  sit  at  night  in  their  new  house,  after  a 
day’s  weariness,  and  not  exchange  one  word;  or 
the  silence  would  be  broken  by  Kokua  bursting 
suddenly  into  sobs.  Sometimes  they  would  pray 
together,  sometimes  they  would  have  the  bottle 
out  upon  the  floor  and  sit  all  evening  watching 
how  the  shadow  hovered  in  the  midst.  At  such 
times  they  would  be  afraid  to  go  to  rest;  it  was 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


53 

long  ere  slumber  came  to  them,  and  if  either 
dozed  off,  it  would  be  to  wake  and  find  the  other 
silently  weeping  in  the  dark;  or  perhaps  to  wake 
alone,  the  other  having  fled  from  the  house  and 
the  neighborhood  of  that  bottle,  to  pace  under 
the  bananas  in  the  little  garden,  or  to  wander 
on  the  beach  by  moonlight. 

One  night  it  was  so  when  Kokua  awoke. 
Keawe  was  gone;  she  felt  in  the  bed,  and  his 
place  was  cold.  Then  fear  fell  upon  her,  and  she 
sat  up  in  bed.  A  little  moonshine  filtered 
through  the  shutters;  the  room  was  bright,  and 
she  could  spy  the  bottle  on  the  floor.  Outside  it 
blew  high,  the  great  trees  of  the  avenue  cried  out 
aloud,  and  the  fallen  leaves  rattled  in  the 
veranda.  In  the  midst  of  this  Kokua  was  aware 
of  another  sound;  whether  of  a  beast  or  of  a 
man,  she  could  scarce  tell;  but  it  was  as  sad  as 
death,  and  cut  her  to  the  soul.  Softly  she  arose, 
set  the  door  ajar,  and  looked  forth  into  the  moon¬ 
lit  yard.  There,  under  the  bananas,  lay  Keawe, 
his  mouth  in  the  dust,  and  as  he  lay  he  moaned. 

It  was  Kokua’s  first  thought  to  run  forward 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


and  console  him.  Her  second  potently  withheld 
her.  Keawe  had  borne  himself  before  his  wife 
like  a  brave  man;  it  became  her  little  in  the  hour 
of  weakness  to  intrude  upon  his  shame.  With 
the  thought  she  drew  back  into  the  house. 

“Heaven!”  she  thought,  “how  careless  I 
have  been — how  weak!  It  is  he,  not  I,  that 
stands  in  this  eternal  peril;  it  was  he,  not  I,  that 
took  the  curse  upon  his  soul.  It  is  for  my  sake, 
and  for  the  love  of  a  creature  of  so  little  worth 
and  such  poor  help  that  he  now  beholds  so  close 
to  him  the  flames  of  hell,  ay,  and  smells  the 
smoke  of  it,  lying  without  there  in  the  wind  and 
moonlight.  Am  I  so  dull  of  spirit  that  never  till 
now  I  have  surmised  my  duty?  or  have  I  seen  it 
before  and  turned  aside?  But  now,  at  least,  I 
take  up  my  soul  in  both  the  hands  of  my  affec¬ 
tion;  now  I  say  farewell  to  the  white  steps  of 
heaven  and  the  waiting  faces  of  my  friends.  A 
love  for  a  love,  and  let  mine  be  equaled  with 
Keawe’s!  A  soul  for  a  soul,  and  let  it  be  mine 
.  to  perish!” 

%;  / 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP.  55 


IV. 

This  was  a  deft  woman  with  her  hands,  and 
she  was  soon  appareled.  She  took  in  her  hands 
the  change;  the  precious  centimes  they  kept  ever 
at  their  side,  for  this  coin  is  little  used,  and  they 
had  made  provision  at  a  government  office.  When 
she  was  forth  in  the  avenue,  clouds  came  on  the 
wind,  and  the  moon  was  blackened.  The  town 
slept,  and  she  knew  not  wither  to  turn  till  she 

i 

heard  some  one  coughing  in  the  shadow  of  the 
trees. 

4 4  Old  man/’  said  Kokua,  44  what  do  you  here 
abroad  in  the  cold  night?” 

The  old  man  could  scarce  express  himself  for 
coughing,  but  she  made  out  that  he  was  old  and 
poor,  and  a  stranger  in  the  island. 

4 4  Will  you  do  me  a  service?”  said  Kokua. 
44  As  one  stranger  to  another,  and  as  an  old  man 
to  a  young  woman,  will  you  help  a  daughter  of 


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.“Ah!”  said  the  old  man,  “so  you  are  the 
witch  from  the  eight  islands?  And  even  my  old 
soul  you  seek  to  entangle.  But  I  have  heard  of 
you,  and  defy  your  wickedness!” 

“Sit  down  here,”  said  Kokua,  “  and  let  me 
tell  you  a  tale.” 

And  she  told  him  the  story  of  Keawe  from  the 
beginning  to  the  end. 

“  But  now,”  said  she,  “  I  am  his  wife,  whom 
he  bought  with  his  souks  welfare.  And  what 
should  I  do?  If  I  went  to  him  myself  and 
offered  to  buy  it,  he  will  refuse.  But  if  you  go, 
he  will  sell  it  eagerly.  I  will  await  you  here; 
you  will  buy  it  for  four  centimes,  and  I  will  buy 
it  again  for  three.  And  the  Lord  strengthen  a 
poor  girl!” 

“  If  you  meant  falsely,”  said  the  old  man,  “  I 
think  God  would  strike  you  dead.” 

“  He  would!”  cried  Kokua.  “  Be  sure  He 
would.  I  could  not  be  so  treacherous.  God 
would  not  suffer  it.” 

“  Give  me  the  four  centimes  and  await  me 
here,”  said  the  old  ma^ 


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57 


Now,  when  Kokua  stood  alone  in  the  street, 
her  spirit  died.  The  wind  roared  in  the  trees, 
and  it  seemed  to  her  the  rushing  of  the  flames 
of  hell;  the  shadows  tossed  in  the  light  of  the 
street-lamps,  and  they  seemed  to  her  in  the 
snatching  hands  of  evil  ones.  If  she  had  had  the 
strength,  she  must  have  run  away,  and  if  she  had 
had  the  breath,  she  must  have  screamed  aloud; 
but  in  truth  she  could  do  neither,  and  stood  and 
trembled  in  the  avenue  like  an  affrighted  child. 

Then  she  saw  the  old  man  returning,  and  he 
had  the  bottle  in  his  hand. 

“  I  have  done  your  bidding,”  said  he,  “  I  left 
your  husband  weeping  like  a  child;  to-night  he 
will  sleep  easy.” 

And  he  held  the  bottle  forth. 

“Before  you  give  it  me,”  Kokua  panted, 
“  take  the  good  with  the  evil — ask  to  be  delivered 
from  your  cough.” 

“  I  am  an  old  man,”  replied  the  other,  “  and 
too  near  the  gate  of  the  grave  to  take  a  favor 
from  the  devil.  But  what  is  this?  Why  do  you 
not  take  the  bottle?  Do  you  hesitate?” 


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58  THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 

“  Not  hesitate !”  cried  Kokua.  “I  am  only 
weak.  Give  me  a  ✓moment.  It  is  my  hand 
resists;  my  flesh  shrinks  back  from  the  accursed 
thing.  One  moment  only!” 

The  old  man  looked  upon  Kokua  kindly. 

“  Poor  child!”  said  he,  “you  fear  your  soul 
misgives  you.  Well,  let  me  keep  it.  I  am  old, 
and  can  never  more  be  happy  in  this  world;  and 
as  for  the  next — ” 

“  Give  it  me!”  gasped  Kokua.  “  There  is 
your  money.  Do  you  think  I  am  so  base  as  that? 
Give  me  the  bottle.” 

“  God  bless  you,  child,”  said  the  old  man. 

Kokua  concealed  the  bottle  under  her  holoku, 
said  farewell  to  the  old  man,  and  walked  off 
along  the  avenue,  she  cared  not  whither,  for  all 
roads  were  now  the  same  to  her,  and  led 
equally  to  hell.  Sometimes  she  walked,  and 
sometimes  ran;  sometimes  she  screamed  out  loud 
in  the  night,  and  sometimes  lay  by  the  way-side 
in  the  dust  and  wept.  All  that  she  had  heard  of 
hell  came  back  to  her;  she  saw  the  flames  blaze, 
and  she  smelled  the  smoke,  and  her  flesh 


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69 


withered  on  the  coals.  Near  day  she  came  to  her 
mind  again,  and  returned  to  the  house.  It  was 
even  as  the  old  man  said,  Keawe  slumbered  like  a 
child.  Kokua  stood  and  gazed  upon  his  face. 

“  Now,  my  husband,”  said  she,  “it  is  your 
turn  to  sleep.  When  you  wake  it  will  be  your 
turn  to  sing  and  laugh.  But  for  poor  Kokua, 
alas!  that  meant  no  evil — for  poor  Kokua  no 
more  sleep,  no  more  singing,  no  more  delight, 
whether  in  earth  or  heaven.” 

With  that  she  lay  down  in  the  bed  by  his  side, 
and  her  misery  was  so  extreme  that  she  fell  in  a 
deep  slumber  instantly. 

Late  in  the  morning  her  husband  awoke  her 
and  gave  her  the  good  news.  It  seemed  he  was 
silly  with  delight,  for  he  paid  no  heed  to  her 
distress,  ill  though  she  dissembled  it.  The  words 
stuck  in  her  mouth,  it  mattered  not;  Keawe  did 
the  speaking.  She  eat  not  a  bite,  but  who  was 
to  observe  it?  For  Keawe  cleared  the  dish. 
Kokua  saw  and  heard  him,  like  some  strange 
thing  in  a  dream;  there  were  times  when  she  for¬ 
got  or  doubted,  and  put  her  hands  to  her  brow; 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


to  know  herself  doomed  and  hear  her  husband 
babble,  seemed  so  monstrous. 

All  the  while  Keawe  was  eating,  and  talking, 
and  planning  the  time  of  their  return,  and 
thanking  her  for  saving  him,  and  fondling  her, 
and  calling  her  the  true  helper  after  all.  He 
laughed  at  the  old  man  that  was  fool  enough  to 
buy  that  bottle. 

“  A  worthy  old  man,  he  seemed,”  Keawe  said. 

“  But  no  one  can  judge  by  appearances.  For 
why  did  the  old  reprobate  require  the  bottle?” 

“My  husband,”  said  Kokua,  humbly,  “his 
purpose  may  have  been  good.” 

Keawe  laughed  like  an  angry  man. 

“Fiddle-de-dee!”  cried  Keawe.  “An  old 
rogue,  I  tell  you.  And  an  old  ass,  to  boot. 
For  the  bottle  was  hard  enough  to  sell  at  four 
centimes;  at  three  it  will  be  quite  impossible. 
The  margin  is  not  broad  enough;  the  thing 
begins  to  smell  of  scorching — b-r-r-i!”  said  he, 
and  shuddered.  “It  is  true,  I  bought  it  myself  . 
for  a  cent,  when  I  knew  not  there  were  smaller 
coins.  I  was  a  fool  for  my  pains;  there  will 


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61 


never  be  found  another;  and  whoever  has  that 
bottle  now  will  carry  it  to  the  pit.” 

“  Oh,  my  husband!”  said  Kokua,  “  is  it  not  a 
terrible  thing  to  save  ourselves  by  the  eternal 
ruin  of  another?  It  seems  to  me  I  could  not 
laugh;  I  would  be  humbled;  I  would  be  filled 
with  melancholy;  I  would  pray  for  the  poor 
holder.” 

Then  Keawe,  because  he  felt  the  truth  of  what 
she  said,  grew  the  more  angry.  “  Hoighty- 
toighty!”  cried  he.  4  4  You  may  be  filled  with 
melancholy  if  you  please.  It  is  not  the  mind  of 
a  good  wife.  If  you  thought  at  all  of  me,  you 
would  sit  shamed.  ” 

Thereupon  he  went  out,  and  Kokua  was  alone. 

What  chance  had  she  to  sell  the  bottle  at  three 
centimes?  None  she  perceived.  And  if  she  had 
any,  here  was  her  husband  hurrying  her  away  to 
a  country  where  was  nothing  lower  than  a  cent. 
And  here — on  the  morrow  of  her  sacrifice — here 
was  her  husband  leaving  her  and  blaming  her! 

She  would  not  even  try  to  profit  by  what  time 
she  had,  but  sat  in  the  house,  and  now  had  the 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


bottle  out  and  viewed  it  with  unutterable  fear, 
and  now  with  loathing,  hid  it  out  of  sight. 

By  and  by  Keawe  came  back  and  would  have 
her  take  a  drive. 

“  My  husband,  I  am  ill,”  she  said.  “I  am 
out  of  heart.  Excuse  me,  I  take  no  pleasure.” 

Then  was  Keawe  more  wroth  than  ever  with 
her  because  he  thought  she  was  brooding  over 
the  case  of  the  old  man,  and  with  himself  because 
he  thought  she  was  right  and  was  ashamed  to  be 
so  happy. 

“  This  is  your  truth,”  cried  he,  “  and  this 
your  affection!  Your  husband  is  just  saved  from 
eternal  ruin,  which  he  encountered  for  the  love 
of  you — and  you  can  take  no  pleasure!  Kokua, 
you  have  a  disloyal  heart.” 

He  went  forth  again,  furious,  and  wandered 
in  the  town  all  day.  He  met  friends  and  drank 
with  them;  they  hired  a  carriage  and  drove  into 
the  country,  and  there  drank  again.  All  the  time 
Keawe  was  ill  at  ease  because  he  was  taking  his 
pastime  while  his  wife  was  sad,  and  because  he 
knew  in  his  heart  that  she  was  more  right  than 


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63 


he,  and  the  knowledge  made  him  drink  the 
deeper. 

Now,  there  was  an  old  brutal  Haole  drinking 
with  him — one  that  had  been  a  boatswain  of  a 
whaler,  a  runaway,  a  digger  in  gold  mines,  a  con¬ 
vict  in  prisons.  He  had  a  low  mind  and  a  foul 
mouth;  he  loved  to  drink  and  to  see  others 
drunk,  and  he  pressed  the  glass  upon  Keawe. 
Soon  there  was  no  more  money  in  the  company. 

‘ 4  Here,  you/’  says  the  boatswain,  “  you  are 
rich,  you  have  been  always  saying.  You  have  a 
bottle  or  some  foolishness.” 

“  Yes,”  says  Keawe,  “  I  am  rich.  I  will  go 
back  and  get  some  money  from  my  wife,  who 
keeps  it.” 

* 

“  That’s  a  bad  idea,  mate,”  said  the  boat¬ 
swain.  “  Never  you  trust  a  petticoat  with  dollars. 
They’re  all  false  as  water;  you  keep  an  eye  on 

her.” 

Now,  this  word  stuck  in  Keawe’s  mind,  for  he 
was  muddled  with  what  he  had  been  drinking. 

“  I  should  not  wonder  but  what  she  was  false, 
indeed,”  thought  he.  “  Why  else  should  she  be 


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64 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


so  cast  down  at  my  release?  But  I  will  show  her 
that  I  am  not  the  man  to  be  fooled.  I  will  catch 
her  in  the  act.” 

Accordingly,  when  they  were  back  in  town, 
Keawe  bid  the  boatswain  wait  for  him  at  the  cor¬ 
ner  by  the  old  calaboose,  and  went  forward  up 
the  avenue  alone  to  the  door  of  his  house.  The 
night  had  come  again;  there  was  a  light  within, 
but  never  a  sound;  and  Keawe  crept  about  the 
corner,  opened  the  back  door  softly,  and  looked 
in. 

There  was  Kokua  on  the  floor,  the  lamp  at  her 
side;  before  her  was  a  milk-white  bottle  with  a 
round  belly  and  a  long  neck,  and  as  she  viewed  it 
Kokua  wrung  her  hands. 

A  long  time  Keawe  stood  and  looked  in  the 
door-way.  At  first  he  was  struck  stupid,  and 
then  fear  fell  upon  him  that  the  bargain  had 
been  made  amiss  and  the  bottle  had  come  back  to 
him,  as  it  came  at  San  Francisco;  and  at  that 
his  knees  were  loosened,  and  the  fumes  of  the 
wine  departed  from  his  head  like  mists  off  a  river 
in  the  morning.  And  then  he  had  another 


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65 

thought,  and  it  was  a  strange  one,  that  made  his 
cheeks  burn. 

"  I  must  make  sure  of  this,”  thought  he. 

So  he  closed  the  door  and  went  softly  round 
the  corner  again,  and  then  came  noisily  in  as 
though  he  were  but  now  returned. 

And  lo!  by  the  time  he  opened  the  front  door  no 
bottle  was  to  be  seen,  and  Kokua  sat  in  a  chair 
and  started  up  like  one  wakened  out  of  sleep. 

“  I  have  been  drinking  all  day  and  making 
merry,”  said  Keawe.  <c  I  have  been  with  good 
companions,  and  now  I  only  come  back  for 
money  and  return  to  drink  and  carouse  with 
them  again.” 

Both  his  face  and  voice  were  stem  as  judg¬ 
ment,  but  Kokua  was  too  troubled  to  observe. 

u  You  do  well  to  use  your  own,  my  husband,” 
said  she,  and  her  words  trembled. 

“  Oh,  I  do  well  in  all  things,”  said  Keawe; 
and  he  went  straight  for  the  chest  and  took  out 
money.  But  he  looked,  besides,  in  a  corner 
where  they  kept  the  bottle,  and  there  was  no 
bottle  there. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP, 


At  that  the  chest  heaved  upon  the  floor  like  a 
sea-billow,  and  the  house  spun  about  him  like  a 
wreath  of  smoke;  for  he  saw  that  he  was  lost 
now,  and  there  was  no  escape. 

“  It  was  what  I  feared/’  he  thought.  “It  is 
she  who  has  bought  it.” 

And  then  he  came  to  himself  a  little  and  rose 
up,  but  the  sweat  streamed  on  his  face  as  thick  as 
the  rain  and  as  cold  as  the  well-water. 

“  Kokua,”  said  he,  “  I  said  to  you  to-day  what 
ill  became  me.  Now  I  return  to  house  with  my 
jolly  companions,”  and  at  that  he  laughed  a 
little  quietly.  “  I  will  take  more  pleasure  in  the 
cup  if  your  forgive  me.” 

She  clasped  his  knees  in  a  moment,  she  kissed 
his  knees  with  flowing  tears. 

“  Oh!”  she  cried,  “  I  asked  but  a  kind 
word!” 

“  Let  us  never  think  hardly  of  the  other,”  said 
Keawe,  and  was  gone  out  of  the  house. 

Now,  the  money  Keawe  had  taken  was  only 
some  of  that  store  of  centime  pieces  they  had  laid 
in  at  their  arrival.  It  was  very  sure  he  had  no 


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67 


mind  to  be  drinking.  His  wife  had  given  her 
soul  for  him,  now  he  must  give  his  tor  hers;  no 
other  thought  was  in  the  world  with  him. 

At  the  corner  of  the  old  calaboose  there  was 
the  old  boatswain  waiting. 

“  My  wife  has  the  bottle,”  said  Keawe,  “  and 
unless  you  help  me  to  recover  it  there  can  be  no 
more  money  and  no  more  liquor  to-night.” 

“  You  do  not  mean  to  say  you  are  serious 
about  that  bottle?”  cried  the  boatswain. 

“  There  is  the  lamp,”  said  Keawe.  “  Do  I 
look  as  if  I  were  jesting?” 

“  That  is  so,”  said  the  boatswain.  “  You  look 
as  serious  as  a  ghost.  ” 

“  Well,  then,”  said  Keawe,  “  here  are  three 
centimes;  you  must  go  to  my  wife  in  the  house 
and  offer  her  those  for  the  bottle,  which  (if  I  am 
not  much  mistaken)  She  will  give  you  instantly. 
Bring  it  to  me  here,  and  I  will  buy  it  back  from 
you  for  two;  for  that  is  the  law  with  this  bottle, 
that  it  still  must  be  sold  for  a  less  sum.  But 
whatever  you  do,  never  breathe  a  word  to  her 
that  you  have  come  from  me. 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP. 


44  Mate,  I  wonder  are  you  making  a  fool  of 
me?”  asked  the  boatswain. 

44  It  will  do  you  no  harm  if  I  am,”  returned 
Keawe.  .  i 

44  That  is  so,  mate,”  said  the  boatswain. 

44  And  if  you  doubt  me,”  added  Keawe,  44  you 
can  try.  As  soon  as  you  are  clear  of  the  house, 
wish  to  have  your  pocket  full  of  money,  or  a 
bottle  of  the  best  rum,  or  what  you  please,  and 
you  will  see  the  virtue  of  the  thing.” 

44  Very  well,  Kanaka,”  says  the  boatswain,  44 1 
will  try;  but  if  you  are  having  your  fun  out  of 
me,  I  will  take  my  fun  out  of  you  with  a  belay- 

ing-pm” 

So  the  whaleman  went  off  up  the  avenue,  and 
Keawe  stood  and  waited.  It  was  near  the  same 
spot  where  Kokua  had  waited  the  night  before, 
but  Keawe  was  more  resolved,  and  never  faltered 
in  his  purpose;  only  his  soul  was  bitter  with 
despair. 

It  seemed  a  long  time  he  had  to  wait  before  he 
heard  a  voice  singing  in  the  darkness  of  the 
•venue.  He  knew  the  voice  to  be  the  boat- 


THE  BOTTLE  IMP.  69 

swain’s,  but  it  was  strange  how  drunken  it  ap¬ 
peared  upon  a  sudden. 

Next  the  man  himself  came  stumbling  into  the 
light  of  the  lamp.  He  had  the  deviPs  bottle 
buttoned  in  his  coat;  another  bottle  was  in  hi3 
hand,  and  even  as  he  came  in  view  he  raised  it  to 
his  mouth  and  drank. 

‘/You  have  it,”  said  Keawe.  “  I  see  that.” 

* 

“  Hands  off!”  cried  the  boatswain,  jumping 
back.  “  Take  a  step  near  me,  and  I’ll  smash 
your  mouth!  You  thought  you  could  make  a 
cat’s-paw  of  me,  did  you?” 

“  What  do  you  mean?”  cried  Keawe. 

“  Mean?”  cried  the  boatswain.  “  This  is  a 
pretty  good  bottle,  this  is,  that’s  what  I  mean. 
How  I  got  it  for  three  centimes,  I  can’t  make 
out;  but  I’m  sure  you  sha’n’t  have  it  for  two.” 

“  You  mean  you  won’t  sell?”  gasped  Keawe. 

“No,  sir!”  cried  the  boatswain.  “But  I’ll 
give  you  a  drink  of  the  rum,  if  you  like.” 

“  I  tell  you,”  said  Keawe,  “  the  man  who  has 
that  bottle  goes  to  hell.” 

“  I  reckon  I’m  going,  anyway,”  returned  the 


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THE  BOTTLE  IMP, 


sailor,  “  and  this  bottle’s  the  best  thing  to  go 
with  I’ve  struck  yet.  No,  sir,”  he  cried  again, 
“  this  is  my  bottle  now,  and  you  can  go  and  fish 
for  another.” 

“  Can  this  be  true?”  Keawe  cried.  “  For 
your  own  sake,  I  beseech  you,  sell  it  me!” 

“  I  don’t  value  any  of  your  talk,”  said  the 
boatswain.  4 4  You  thought  I  was  a  flat;  now 
you  see  I  am  not,  and  there’s  an  end.  If  you 
won’t  have  a  swallow  of  rum.  I’ll  have  one  my¬ 
self.  Here’s  your  health,  and  good-night  to 
you!” 

So  off  he  went  down  the  avenue,  toward  town, 
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3345  AiU'iiHepsy’s  Foundling. 294 

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388  Addie’s  Husband;  or, 
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504  My  Poor  Wife . 

1046  Jessie . 167 

Max  Adeler. 

1550  Random  Shots.... . 326 

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483*Betwixt  My  Love  and  Me.  178 

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588  Cherry: . 

1040  Clarissa’s  Ordeal .  385 

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383*Introduced  to  Society. . . 

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1341  The  Trappers  of  Arkan¬ 
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1396  The  Adventurers . 

1398  Pirates  of  the  Prairies. . . 

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1401  The  Buccaneer  Chiet. . . . 

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1650  The  Trail-Hunter . 

1653  The  Pearl  of  the  Andes.. 
1672  The  Insurgent  Chief.... 
1688  The  Trapper’s  Daughter. 

1690  The  Tiger-Slayer . 

1692  Border  Rifles . 

1700  The  Flying  Horseman . . . 

1701  The  Freebooters . 

1714  The  White  Scalper . 

1723  The  Guide  of  the  Desert. 

1732  Last  of  the  Aucas . 

1734  Missouri  Outlaws . 

1736  Prairie  Flower . 

1740  Indian  Scout . 

1741  Stronghand . 

1742  Bee-Hunters . 

1744  Stoneheart . 

1748  The  Gold-Seekers . 

1752  Indian  Chief . 

1756  Red  Track . 

1761  Tbe  Treasure  of  Pearls.. 
1768  Red  River  Half-Breed. .. 


Grant  Allen. 

712  For  Maimie’s  Sake . 295 

1221  “  The  Tents  of  Shem  ”...298 

1783  The  Great  Taboo . 223 

1870* What’s  Bred  in  the  Bone.292 
1908*Duinaresq’s  Daughter. ..296 
2022*Duchess  of  Powysland.. 


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189 

229 

236 

339 

490 

564 

794 

797 

805 

806 

814 

815 


Mrs.  Alexander. 

The  Admiral’s  Ward.  .  419 


The  Wooing  O’t . 392 

The  Executor . 473 

Valerie’s  Fate . 


Maid,  Wife,  or  Widow?.. 

Which  Shall  it  Be? . 346 

Mrs.  Vereker’s  Courier 


Maid . 

A  Second  Life . 390 

At  Bay . 178 

Beaton’s  Bargain . 205 

Look  Before  You  Leap.  .234 

The  Freres . 630 

Her  Dearest  Foe . 478 

The  Heritage  of  Lang- 
dale . 391 


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&97*Forging  the  Fetters,  and 
The  Australian  Aunt.  ...166 

1064  Mona’s  Choice . ! _ 300 

3057  A  Life  Interest . 431 

1389  A  Crooked  Path . 390 

1199  A  False  Scent . . 

1367  Heart  Wins .  262 

1459  A.  Woman’s  Heart . 394 

1571  Blind  Fate . 335 

8158  What  Gold  Can  Not  Buy. 

Mrs.  Alderdice. 

3582  An  Interesting  Case . 366 

Alison. 

481*The  House  That  Jack 
Built . 

Hans  Christian  Andersen, 
1314  Andersen’3  Fairy  Tales.. 380 

W.  P.  Andrews. 
1172*InJiaand  Her  Neighbors.285 


F.  Anstey. 

59  Vice  Versa . 221 

225  The  Giant's  Robe . 280 

503  The  Tinted  Venus.  A 

Farcical  Romance . 

819  A  Fallen  Idol . 228 

1616  The  Black  Poodle,  and 

Other  Tales . 239 

G.  \V.  Appleton. 

1846  A  Terrible  Legacy . 304 


Edwin  Lester  Arnold. 
1685  The  Wonderful  Advent¬ 
ures  of  Phra  the  Phoe¬ 
nician  . 347 

T.  S.  Arthur. 

1337*  Woman’s  Trials . 216 

1636  The  Two  Wives . 184 

1638*Married  Life . 214 

1640  Ways  of  Providence . 215 

1641*Home  Scenes . .216 

3644*Stories  for  Parents . 215 

1649*Seed-Time  and  Harvest. 216 

1652*Words  for  the  Wise . 215 

1654*Stories  for  Young  House-  • ... 

keepers . 212 

l657*Lessons  In  Life .  215 

1 658*0  ff- Hand  Sketches . 216 

1660  The  Tried  and  the 

Tempted . 212 

2164  Ten  Nighfs  in  a  Bar-room 
and  What  I  Saw  There. 

Sir  Samuel  W.  Baker. 

267  Rifle  and  Hound  in  Cey¬ 
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533  Eight  Years’ Wanderings 

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1508  Oast  Up  by  the  Sea - 410 


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No.  Title  Fftgee 

89  The  Red  Eric . 178 

95  The  Fire  Brigade . 175 

9G*Erliug  the  Bold . 184 

772  Gascoyne,  the  Sandal- 

Wood  Trader . ,.259 

1514  Deep  Down . ..42C 

Hon  ore  De  Balzac* 

776  PSreGoriot.. . 211 

1128  Cousin  Pons . 29V 

1318  The  Vendetta .  .254 

S.  BaringoGonid, 

787  Court  Royal . 403 

878  Little  Tu’penny . 

1122*Eve .  .283 

1201*Mehala.h :  A  Story  of  tne 

Salt  Marshes . .  .  .270 

1697*Red  Spider . 222 

1711  The  Pennycomequicks...448 

1763  John  Herring . 445 

1779*Arminell . 519 

1821*Urith.  . . 438 

Frank  Barrett. 


1138  A  Recoiling  Vengeance.. 

1245*Fettered  for  Life . 313 

1461  Smuggler's  Secret . 


1611  Between  Life  and  Death.292 


1750  Lieutenant  Barnabas.... 292 

J.  M.  Barrie. 

1896  My  Lady  Nicotine . 206 

1977  Better  Dead . 

2099  Auld  Licht  Idylls . 

2100  A  Window  in  Thrums. .. 

2101  When  a  Man’s  Single... 162 

2167  A  Tillyloss  Scandal . 164 

Basil. 

344*“  The  Wearing  of  the 

Green  ” . 275 

585*A  Drawn  Game . 804 

G.  M.  Bayne. 

1618*Galaski . 237 

Anne  Beale. 

188  Idonea . .239 

199*The  Fisher  Village . 

Alexander  Begg. 

1605* Wrecks  in  the  Sea  cf 
Life . 34C 


By  the  Writer  of  “Belle’s 
Letters.” 

2091  Vashti  and  Esther...... 

E.  B.  Benjamin. 

1706*Jim,  the  Parson . 244 

1720*Our  Roman  Palace . 300 

A.  Benrimo. 

1624*  Vic . 


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SlOSDodO . .  ...313 

E.  Berger. 

1046  Charles  Auchester . 333 


E.  Berthel. 

1688*Th©  Sergeant’s  Legacy.. 342 

Waller  Besant, 

97  All  in  a  Garden  Fair. .  .  271 

187*Uncle  Jack . 

140*  A  Glorious  Fortune . 

146*Love  Finds  the  Way, and 
Other  Stories.JBy  Besant 

and  Rice . .... 

230  Dorothy  Forster . 283 

324  In  Luck  at  Last . 

541  Uncle  Jack . 

651*“  Self  or  Bearer  ” . 

882  Children  of  Gibeon . 459 

904  The  Holy  Rose . 

906  The  World  Went  Very 

Well  Then . 366 

980  To  Call  Her  Mine . 164 

1055*Katharine  Regina . 

1065*Herr  Paulus:  His  Rise, 
His  Greatness,  and  His 

Fall . 278 

1143  "The  Inner  House . 183 

1151*For  Faith  and  Freedom.  .356 
1240*The  Bell  of  St.  Paul’s. . .  .352 
1247  The  Lament  of  Dives. ..  244 
1378  They  Were  Married.  By 
Walter  Besaut  and  Jas. 

Rice . 189 

1413  Annorelof  Lyonesse. . .  .401 
1462  LetNothing  You  Dismay. 
1530  When  the  Ship  Comes 
Home.  By  Besant  and 

Rice . 

1055  The  Demoniac . 847 

1861  St.  Katherine’s  by  the 
Tower . 377 

M.  Beth  a;n-Ed wards. 

873  Love  and  Mirage;  or, The 
Waiting  on  an  Island... 
579*The  Flower  of  Doom, and 

Other  Stories . 

594*Doetor  Jacob  . 207 

1023*Next  of  Kin — Watted . . .  220 
1407*The  Parting  of  the  Ways.  390 

1500*Disarmed . 203 

1548*For  One  and  the  World.. 340 
1027*A  Romance  of  the  Wire.  192 

Jennie  ©Wynne  Bettany. 
1810  A  Laggard  in  Love . 189 

BJernstjerne  Bjornson. 
1865  Arne .  . . 


§ 


William  Black. 

No.  Titio  hgm 

1  Yolande . 329 

18  Shandon  Bells. . 274 

21  Sunrise:  A  Story  of  These 

Times . 824 

23  A  Princess  of  Thule . 334 

39  In  Silk  Attire . ...816 

44  Macleod  of  Dare. . . 294 

49  That  Beautiful  Wretch.. 216 

50  The  Strange  Adventures 

of  a  Phaeton . 372 

70  White  Wings:  A  Yacht¬ 
ing  Romance . 261 

78  Madcap  Violet . 310 

81  A  Daughter  of  Heth..  .  .330 

124  Three  Feathers . 328 

125  The  Monarch  of  Mincing 

Lane .  . 271 

126  Kilmeny . 240 

138  Green  Pastures  and  Pic¬ 
cadilly . 891 

265  Judith  Shakespeare:  Her 
Love  Affairs  and  Other 

Adventures . 800 

472*The  Wise  Women  of  In¬ 
verness . 

627  White  Heather . 387 

898  Romeo  and  Juliet:  A  Tale 
of  Two  Young  Fools...  162 

962  Sabina  Zembra . 454 

1096  The  Strange  Adventures 

of  a  House-Boat . 336 

1132  In  Far  Lochaber . 861 

1227  The  Penance  of  John 

Logan . 

1269  Nanciebel:  A  Tale  of 

Stratford-on-Avon . 

1268  Prince  Fortunatus . 4M 

1389  Oliver  Goldsmith . 

1394  The  Four  Macnicols,  and 

Other  Tales . 

1426  An  Adventure  in  Thule.. 

1505  Lady  Silverdale’s  Sweet¬ 

heart . . . . . 

1506  Mr.  Pisistratus  Brown, 

M.  P . 

1725  Stand  Fast,  Craig-Roy- 

ston ! . 10fl 

1892  Donald  Ross  of  Heimra..367 

R.  D.  Blackmoie. 

87  Lorna  Doone . 464 

427  The  Remarkable  History 
cf  Sir  Thomas  Upmore, 

Bart.,  M.  P . 210 

615  Mary  Anerley . 488 

625  Erema;  or,  My  Father’s 
Sin . 398 

629  Oripps,  the  Carrier..  . .  .833 

630  Cradock  Nowell . 568 

631  Christowell. . . -....458 

632  Clara  Vaughan . 489 

633  The  Maid  of  Sker........ 607 


S388  The  Happy  Boy,  - , 

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636  Alice  Lorraine . 494 

926  Springhaven . . 

1267  Kit  and  Kitty . 419 


Isa  Blagdeu. 

705  Th9  Woman  I  Loved,  and 
the  Woman  Who  Loved 
Me . 

Edgar  Janes  Bliss. 

8102  The  Peril  of  Oliver  Sar¬ 
gent . 177 

Frederick  Boyle. 

356*  A  Good  Hater . 244 

Miss  M.  E.  Brnddon. 

85  Lady  Audley’s  Secret... 279 

56  Phantom  Fortune . 464 

74  Aurora  Floyd . 333 

110  Under  the  Red  Flag . 

153  The  Golden  Calf . 297 

204  Vixen . 328 

211  The  Octoroon . 160 

234  Barbara;  or,  Splendid 

Misery. . . 256 

163  An  Ishmaelite . 338 

315  The  Mistletoe  Bough. 
Christmas,  1884.  Edited 
by  Miss  M.  E.  Braddon.197 

434  Wy Hard’s  Weird/ . 312 

478  Diavola;  or,  Nobody’s 

Daughter . "..498 

480  Married  in  Haste.  Edi¬ 
ted  by  Miss  M.  E.  Brad- 
don . 240 

487  Put  to  the  Test.  Edited  by 

Miss  M.  E.  Braddon _ 365 

488  Joshua  Haggard’s 

Daughter . 438 

489  Rupert  Godwin . 369 

495  Mount  Royal . 431 

496  Only  a  Woman.  Edited 

by  Miss  M.  E.  Braddon. 390 

497  The  Lady’s  Mile . 425 

498  Only  a  Clod . 403 

499  The  Cloven  Foot . 416 

511  A  Strange  World . 429 

515  Sir  Jasper’s  Tenant^. . .  .416 
524  Strangers  and  Pilgrims. 473 

529  The  Doctor’s  Wife . 431 

542  Fenton's  Quest . 240 

544  Cut  by  the  County;  or, 

Grace  Darnel . 163 

548  A  Fatal  Marriage,  ami 

The  Shadow  in  the  Cor¬ 
ner . . 

549  Dudley  Oarleou  ;  or,  The 

Brother's  Secret,  and 
George  Caulfield’s  Jour¬ 
ney . 

552  Hostages  to  Fortune.  ..409 

553  Birds  of  Prey . 414 


a'o.  iitle  PagM 

554  Charlotte’s  Inheritance. 
(Sequel  to  “Birds  of 

Prey  ’’) . 897 

557  To  the  Bitter  End . 450 

559  Taken  at  the  Flood . 490 

560  Asphodel . 456 

561  Just  as  I  am ;  or,  A  Liv¬ 

ing  Lie . 43? 

567  Dead  Men’s  Shoes . 450 

570  John  Marchmont’s  Leg¬ 
acy . 498 

618  The  Mistletoe  Bough. 
Christmas,  1885.  Edited 
by  Miss  M.  E.  Braddon. 257 
840*One  Thing  Needful;  or. 
The  Penalty  of  Fate... 281 

881  Mohawks .  . 615 

890*The  Mistletoe  Bough. 
Christmas,  1886.  Edited 
by  Miss  M.  E.  Braddon. .252 
943  Weavers  and  Weft;  or, 

“  Love  that  Hath  Us  in 

His  Net” . 206 

947  Publicans  and  Sinners; 
or,  Lucius  Davoren.... 

1036  Like  and  Unlike . 408 

1098  The  Fatal  Three . 857 

1211  The  Day  Will  Come . 415 

1411  Whose  Was  the  Hand?.  .377 

1664*Dead  Sea  Fruit . 348 

1893  The  World,  Flesh  and  the 
Devil .  472 

Annie  Bradshaw. 

706*  A  Crimson  Stain . 

Charlotte  M.  Brneme,  Au» 
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19  Her  Mother's  Sin . 174 

51  Dora  Thorne . 320 

54  A  Broken  Wedding-Ring.336 

68  A  Queen  Amongst 

Women . 

69  Madolin’s  Lover . 329 

73  Redeemed  by  Love;  or, 

Love's  Victory . 240 

76  Wife  iu  Name  Only;  or, 

A  Broken  Heart . 287 

79  Wedded  and  Parted . 

92  Lord  Lynne’s  Choice _ 197 

148  Thorns  and  Orange- 

Blossoms . 319 

151  The  Ducie  Diamonds. .. . 

155  Lady  Muriel's  Secret _ 185 

156  “  For  a  Dream's  Sake  ”.189 

174  Under  a  Ban .  270 

190  Romance  of  a  Black  Veil. 160 
194  “So  Near,  and  Yet  So 

Far!” . 

220  Which  Loved  Him  Best?.184 
237  Repented  at  Leisure. ...283 


244  A  Great  Mistake . 384 

246  A  Fatal  Dower . 248 


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Her  Love . 191 

250  Sunshine  and  Roses ;  or, 

Diana’s  Discipline . 244 

254  The  Wife’s  Secret,  and 

Fair  but  False . 

278  For  Life  and  Love . 

308  The  Sin  of  a  Lifetime; 

or,  Vivien’s  Atonement. 201 
285  The  Gambler’s  Wife _ 309 

291  Love’s  Warfare . 181 

292  A  Golden  Heart . 181 

296  A  Rose  in  Thorns . 183 

299  The  Fatal  Lilies,  and  A 

Bride  from  the  Sea.... 

300  A  Gilded  Sin,  and  A 

Bridge  of  Love . 

303  Ingledew  House,  and 

More  Bitter  than  Death. 

304  In  Cupid’s  Net . 

30C  A  Dead  Heart,  and  Lady 

Gwendoline’s  Dream... 

306  A  Golden  Dawn,  and 

Love  for  a  Day . 

107  Two  Kisses,  and  Like  no 

Otner  Love . 

308  Beyond  Pardon . 208 

322  A  Woman’s  Love-Story  .173 

323  A  Willful  Maid . 210 

335  The  White  Witch . 294 

352  At  Any  Cost . 

411  A  Bitter  Atonement . 290 

430  A  Bitter  Reckoning.,.,, 

433  My  Sister  Kate . 

459  A  Woman's  Temptation. 277 

460  Under  a  Shadow . 245 

461  His  Wedded  Wife . 300 

465  The  Earl’s  Atonement. .  .254 

466  Between  Two  Loves . 220 

467  A  Struggle  for  a  Ring. .  .245 

469  Lady  Darner’s  Secret _ 256 

470  Evelyn’s  Folly . 268 

471  Thrown  on  the  World..  .223 
476  Between  Two  Sins;  or, 

Married  in  Haste . 

516  Put  Asunder;  or.  Lady 
Castlemaine’s  Divorce. 261 

518  The  Hidden  Sin . ....312 

519  James  Gordon's  Wife... 272 
547  A  Coquette’s  Conquest.  .304 

676  Her  Martyrdom . 289 

626  A  Fair  Mystery;  or,  The 

Perils  of  Beauty . 456 

628  Wedded  Hands . 358 

677  Griselda . 234 

741  The  Heiress  of  Hilldrop; 

or,  The  Romance  of  a 

Young  Girl . 285 

745  For  Another’s  Sin;  or,  A 

Struggle  for  Love . 313 

755  Margery  Daw.  ....... .226 

759  In  Shallow  Waters . 202 


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No.  IMe  Ffese# 

778  Society’s  Verdict, . 819 

792  Set  in  Diamonds . ...277 

807  IfLove  Be  Love. ....... .257 

821  The  W o r  1  d  Between 

Them . . . 868 

822  A  Passion  Flower . 352 

829  The  Actor’s  Ward . .315 

853  A  True  Magdalen. ....  .364 

854  A  Woman’s  Error... _ 286 

908  A  Willful  Young  Woman.283 

922  Marjorie . 346 

923  At  War  With  Herself.... 258 

924  ’Twixt  Smile  and  Tear... 391 

927  Sweet  Cymbeline . 353 

928  The  False  Vow :  or, 

Hilda;  or.  Lady  Hut¬ 
ton’s  Ward .  .261 

928  Lady  Hutton’s  Ward;  or, 
Hilda;  or, The  False Vow.261 

928  Hilda;  or.  The  False 

Vow;  or,  Lady  Hutton’s 
Ward . 261 

929  The  Belle  of  Lynn;  or, 

The  Miller's  Daughter.. 263 

931  Lady  Diana's  Pride . 177 

933  A  Hidden  Terror . 264 

948  The  Shadow  of  a  Sin _ 217 

949  Claribel’s  Love  Story ;  or, 

Love’s  Hidden  Depths  .296 

952  A  Woman’s  War . 319 

953  Hilary’s  Folly;  cr.  Her 

Marriage  Vow . 312 

955  From  Gloom  to  Sunlight; 

or.  From  Out  theGloom.328 
958  A  Haunted  Life ;  or,  Her 

Terrible  Sin . 288 

964  A  Struggle  for  the  Right.245 

968  Blossom  and  Fruit;  or, 

Madame’s  Ward . 813 

969  The  Mystery  of  Colde 

Fell;  or,  Not  Proven. . .269 
973  The  Squire’s  Darling...  160 
975  A  Dark  Marriage  Morn.. 811 

978  Her  Second  Love . 198 

982  The  Duke's  Secret . 335 

985  On  Her  Wedding  Morn, 
and  The  Mystery  of  the 

Holly-Tree . 17£ 

988  The  Shattered  Idol,  and 

Letty  Leigh . 191 

990  The  Earl’s  Error,  and 

Arnold's  Promise . 

995  An  Unnatural  Bondage, 
a  n  d  T  hat  Beautiful 

Lady . 164 

1006  H  is  Wife’s  Judgment. . .  .302 
1008  A  Thorn  in  Her  Heart.. 256 

1010  Golden  Gates . 256 

1012  A  Nameless  Sin . 229 

i614  A  Mad  Love . 270 

1031  Irene's  Vow . 265 

1052  Signa’s  Sweetheart.....  861 
1091  A  Modern  Cinderella. .  , . 


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1155  Lured  Away;  or,  The 
Story  of  a  Wedding- 
Ring,  and  The  Heiress 


of  Arne. . .  160 

1179  Beauty’s  Marriage . 

3186  A  Fiery  Ordeal . 206 

'186  Guelda . 219 

195  Dumaresq’s  Temptation. 324 

1285  Jenny . 187 

1291  The  Star  of  Love . 212 

1328  Lord  Lisle’s  Daughter. . . 
1338  A  Woman’s  Vengeance. 215 

1343  Dream  Faces . 296 

1373  The  Story  of  an  Error.. 299 
1415  Weaker  than  a  Woman. 289 
1444  The  Queen  of  the  County. 386 
1628  Love  Works  Wonders. .  .270 

2010  Her  Only  Sin . 

2011  A  Fatal  Wedding . 160 

2012  A  Bright  Wedding-Day.  .174 

2013  One  Against  Many . 177 

2014  One  False  Step . 361 

2015  Two  Fair  Women . 184 

20#8  Lady  Latimer’s  Escape. 236 


Fredrika  Bremer. 

187  The  Midnight  Sun . 

Charlotte  Bronte. 

16  Jane  Eyre . 337 

57  Shirley . 405 

944  The  Professor . 228 

llhoda  Broughton. 

86  Belinda . 261 

101  Second  Thoughts . 253 

227  Nancy . 234 

645  Mrs.  Smith  of  Long- 

mains  . 

758  “Good-bye,  Sweet¬ 
heart!” . 344 

765  Not  Wisely,  ButToo  Well. 314 

767  Joan . .362 

768  Red  as  a  Rose  is  She  . . .  .355 

769  Cometh  Up  as  a  Flower. 278 

862  Betty’s  Visions . 

894  Doctor  Cupid . 319 

1599  Alas! . . . 387 

Louise  de  Bruneval. 

1686*Soeur  Louise . 175 

Robtit  Buchanauo 
115  “  Storm  -  Beaten God 

and  The  Man . 208 

154*Annan  Water . 197 

181*The  New  Abelard . 176 

288*The  Martyrdom  of  Mad¬ 
eline . . 

888*Matt :  A  Tale  of  a  Cara¬ 
van  . 

468,pThe  Shadow  of  the 
Sword . . . S82 


No.  Title  P  zgtm 

646*The  Master  of  the  Mine.  100 
892  That  Winter  Night;  or, 

Love’s  Victory _  ..  .’ 

1974*Stormy  Waters . 288 

U04*The  Heir  of  Linne . 185 

1350  Love  Me  Forever . 

1455*The  Moment  After  ..... 

.loi  n  Bunynn 

1498  The  Pilgrim’s  Progress.  .422 
Captain  Fred  Burnaby0 


330*“  Our  Radicals” . 

375  A  Ride  to  Khiva . 173 

384  On  Horseback  Through 
Asia  Minor . 290 


John  Bloumlelle-Burton. 

913  The  Silent  Shore;  or. 
The  Mystery  of  St. 


James'  P;irk . . . 

Beatrice  M.  Butt. 

1354*Delicia . 189 

E.  Lasseter  Pynner. 

1456*Nimport.  . . 494 

1400*Tritons . 406 

Lord  Byron. 

719  Childe  Harold's  Filgrim- 
3hjj age . 168 

E.  Fairfax  Byrrue. 

521*Entangled . 251 

538  A  Fair  Country  Maid.... 268 

Mrs.  Caddy. 

127* Adrian  Bright . 400 

Hall  Caiue. 

445  The  Shadow  of  a  Crime. 243 


520  She’s  All  the  World  to 


Me . 

1234  The  Deemster . 343 

1255  The  Bondman. . .  . .  .357 

2079  A  Son  of  Hagar . 354 


Mona  Caird. 

1699*The  Wing  of  Azrael  _ 305 

Ada  Cambridge, 

1583  A  Marked  Man . 355 

l967*My  Guardian . 260 

2139  The  Three  Miss  Kings. .  .338 

Mrs.  II.  Lovett  Cameron. 

595  A  North  Country  Maid.. 277 

79.'.  in  a  Grass  Country . 3C2 

891*Vera  Nevill;  or.  Poor 

Wisdom’s  Chance . 306 

912  Pue  Gold .  ..401 

963  Worth  Winning .  .222 

1025  Daisy's  Dilemma . 

1028  A  Devout  Lov6r;  or.  4 
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1904  The  Lodge  by  the  Sea.  ..170 

1205  A  Lost  Wife....  - 179 

1236  Her  Father’s  Daughter.  .256 


1261  Wild  George’s  Daughter.  176 

1290  The  Cost  of  a  Lie . 178 

1292  Bosky  Dell . 250 

1782* A  Dead  Past . 318 

1819*Neck  or  Nothing . 

Lady  Colin  Campbell. 

1325*Darell  Blake . 274 


Rosa  Noucliette  Carey. 

215  Not  Like  Other  Girls... 320 
396  Robert Ord’s  Atonement.370 
551  Barbara  Heathcote’s 


Trial . 538 

608  For  Lilias . 605 

980  Uncle  Max . 430 

932  Queenie’s  Whim . 436 

934  Wooed  and  Married. . . .  496 

986  Nellie’s  Memories . 546 

961  Wee  Wide . 350 

1033  Esther:  A  Story  for  Girls.194 

1064  Only  the  Governess .  323 

1135  Aunt  Diana . 177 

1194  The  Search  for  Easil 

Lyndhurst . 468 

1208  Merle’s  Crusade . 226 

1545  Lover  or  Friend?. ...... .487 

1879  Mary  St.  John . 407 

1965  Avei’il . 217 

1966  Our  Bessie .  .  .244 

1968  Heriot’s  Choice . 440 

William  Carleton. 

1498  Willy  Reilly . 458 


1552  Shane  Fadh’s  Wedding.. 

1553  LarryMcFarland’s  Wake 

1554  The  Party  Fight  and 

Funeral.... . . 

1556  The  Midnight  Mass . 

1557  Phil  Purcel . 

1558  An  Irish  Oath . 

1560  Going  to  Maynooth . 

1561  Phelim  O’Toole’s  Court¬ 

ship . 

1562  Dominick,'  the  Poor 

Scholar . 

1564  Neal  Malone . 

Alice  ComyiuCarr, 
571*Paul  Crew’s  Story . 

Lewis  Carroll. 

462  Alice’s  Adventures  in 
Wonderland.  Illustrated 

by  John  Tenniel . 199 

789  Through  the  Looking- 
Glass,  and  What  Alice 
Found  There.  Illustra¬ 
ted  by  John  Tenniel. ...  230 


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No.  Title  PagM 

1576  Don  Quixote . 68§ 

L.  W.  Champney. 

1468*Bourbon  Lilies . 888 


Erckinann-Chatrian. 

329  The  Polish  Jew.  (Trans¬ 
lated  from  the  French 
by  Caroline  A.  Merighi.) 

Victor  Ckerbuliez. 
1516*Samuel  Brohl  &  Co . 222 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Clarke. 
1801*More  True  than  Truthful. 262 

W.  M.  Clemens. 

1544  Famous  Funny  Fellows. 214 

Mrs.  W.  K.  Clifford. 

546  Mrs.  Keith’s  Crime . 172 

2104  Love  Letters  of  a  World¬ 
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J.  Maclaren  Cobban. 

485*Tinted  Vapours . 

1279*Master  of  His  Fate . 198 

1511*A  Reverend  Gentleman. 820 
John  Coleman. 

504  Curly:  An  Actor’s  Story. 

C.  R.  Coleridge. 


403* An  English  Squire . 266 

1689* A  Near  Relation . 265 


Beatrice  Collensie. 

1352* A  Double  Marriage . 267 

Mabet  Collins. 

749  Lord  Vanecourt’s  Daugh¬ 


ter . 324 

828  The  Prettiest  Woman  in 

Warsaw . 288 

1463  Ida:  An  Adventure  in 
Morocco . 

Wilkie  Collins. 

52  The  New  Magdalen . 284 

102  The  Moonstone . 852 

167  Heart  and  Science . 250 


168  No  Thoroughfare.  By 
Dickens  and  Collins.... 

175  Love’s  Random  Shot, 

and  Other  Stories . 

233  “I  Say  No;”  or,  The 
Love-Letter  Answrered.287 

508  The  Girl  at  the  Gate . 

591  The  Queen  of  Hearts . 386 

613  The  Ghost’s  Touch,  and 
Percy  and  the  Prophet. 


623  My  Lady’s  Money . 167 

701  The  Woman  in  White. .  .628 

702  Man  and  Wife . 614 


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1029  Armadale . .676 

1095  The  Legacy  of  Gain . 281 

1119  No  Name . 623 

1269  Blind  Love . 313 

1347  A  Rogue’s  Life . 188 


1108  Tales  of  Two  Idle  Ap¬ 
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M.  J.  Colqiilioun. 

624*Primus  in  Indis . 162 

1469*Every  Inch  a  Soldier  . ...286 


Lucy  Randall  Comfort. 

1072  For  Marjorie’s  Sake . 198 

Hugh  Conway. 


240  Called  Back . . 

251*The  Daughter  of  the 
Stars,  and  Other  Tales.. 

301  Dark  Days . 197 

302*The  Blatchford  Bequest. 

341*A  Dead  Man’s  Face . . 

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711  A  Cardinal  Sin . 351 

804  Living  or  Dead . 279 

830  Bound  by  a  Spell . 169 

1353  All  In  One . 206 


1684*Story  of  a  Sculptor 
1722*Somebody ’s  Story . 


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60  The  Last  of  the  Mohi¬ 
cans . 346 

63  The  Spy . 278 

309  The  Pathfinder . 325 

310  The  Prairie . 294 

318  The  Pioneers;  or.  The  v 

Sources  of  the  Susque¬ 
hanna . 309 

349  The  Two  Admirals . 320 

359  The  Water-Witch . 282 

361  The  Red  Rover . 300 

373  Wing  and  Wing . 296 

378  Homeward  Bound;  or. 

The  Chase . 319 

3  '9  Home  as  Found.  (Sequel 
to  “Homeward  Bound”)289 
380  Wyandotte;  or.  The  Hut¬ 
ted  Knoll . 297 

385  The  Headsman.;  or.  The 
Abbaye  des  Vignerons.284 

394  The  Bravo . 268 

397  Lionel  Lincoln;  or.  The 
Leaguer  of  Boston . 282 


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400  The  Wept  of  Wish-Ton* 
Wish . . ...87S, 

413  Afloat  and  Ashore .  M 8 

414  Miles  Wallingford.  (Se¬ 

quel  to  “  Afloat  and 
Ashore^)  ,  •  294 

415  The  Ways  of  the  Hour .  .303 

416  Jack  Tier;  or,  The  Flor¬ 

ida  Reef . 311 

419  TheChainbearer;  or.  The 

Littlepage  Manuscripts.800 

420  Satanstoe ;  or,  The  Little- 

page  Manuscripts . 312 

421  The  Redskins;  or,  In¬ 

dian  and  Injin.  Being  1 
the  conclusion  of  the 
Littlepage  Manuscripts.328 

422  Precaution . 279 

428  The  Sea  Lions;  or.  The 

Lost  Sealers  . 29t 

424  Mercedes  of  Castile ;  or, 

The  Voyage  to  Cathay. .130 

425  The  Oak-Openings;  or, 

The  Bee-Hunter . 306 

431  The  Monikius . 261 

1062  The  Deerslaver;  or,  The 

Fi  rst  War-Path . 472 

1170  The  Pilot . 384 

Marie  Corelli. 

1068  Vendetta !  or.  The  Story 

of  One  Forgotten . 328 

1131  Thelma . 485 

1329  Mv  Wonderful  Wife! _ 

1663  Wormwood . 421 

2089  The  Hired  Baby,.... .. .. 

2132  Ardath . 497 

2136  A  Romance  of  Two 
Worlds . 824 

Kinalinn  Cornwallis. 

160i*AdriftWithaVengeance.8l9 

Madame  Cottin. 

1366  Elizabeth . 


Gee  rgiana  M.  Craik. 

450  Godfrey  HelstODe . 206 

606*Mrs.  Hollyer . 290 

1681  A  Daughter  of  the  Peo¬ 
ple . ,282 

Oswald  Crawfurd. 

1739*Sylvia  Arden . 198 

It.  K.  Criswell. 

1584*G  randfather  I .ick- 
shingle . . . 208 


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980  Proper  Pride . 192 

412  Some  One  Else . 331 

1124  Diana  Barrington . 325 

1607  Two  Masters . 298 

May  Crommelin. 

452*In  the  West  Countrie _ 199 

619*Joy;  or,  The  Light  of 

Cold  Home  Ford . 203 

64?*Goblin  Gold . 

1327*Midge . 297 

1899*Violet  Vy  vian,  M.F.H.. .  .304 
Victoria  Cross. 

3179  Paula.  A  Sketch  from 
Life . 210 

Stuart  C.  Cumberland. 

641*The  Rabbi’s  Spell . 

Maria  S.  Cummins. 

1984  The  Lamplighter . 407 

Mrs.  Dale. 

1806*Fair  and  False . 

1808*Behind  the  Silver  Veil..  .282 

R.  H.  Dana.  Jr. 

311  Two  Years  Before  the 

Mast . 244 

Frank  Danby. 

1379  The  Copper  Crash . 214 

2157  Dr.  Phillips . 206 

Gabriele  D’Annunzio. 

2181  The  Triumph  of  Death.  .260 
Joyce  Darrell. 

163* Winifred  Power . 250 

Alphonse  Daudet. 

534  Jack . 266 

574  The  Nabob:  A  Story  of 
Parisian  Life  and  Man¬ 
ners . 384 

1368  Lise  Tavernier .  . . 

1629  Tartarin  of  Tarascon .  . .  171 

1666  Sidonie . 262 

1670  The  Little  Good-for-Noth- 

ing . ..354 

2081  Sappho .  .' . 

C.  Debans. 

S626*A  Sheep  in  Wolf’s  Cloth¬ 
ing . 348 

Daniel  Defoe. 

1312  Robinson  Crusoe . 416 

R.  D’Enuery. 

242  The  Two  Orphans . 

Count  De  Gobineau. 

1606*Typhaines  Abbey . 436 

Hugh  De  Normand. 
1454*The  Gypsy  Queen . 354 


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No.  Title  Pages 

1059  Confessions  of  an  En¬ 
glish  Opium-Eater . 182 

1380*The  Spanish  Nun . 

Earl  of  Desart. 

1301  *The  Little  Chatelaine. . „  .476 
1817*Lord  and  Lady  Picca¬ 
dilly . 41S 

Elsa  D’Esterre-Keeling. 

382  Three  Sisters . 

Carl  Detlef. 

1086*Nora . 293 

1418*Irene . 209 

Charles  Dickens. 

10  The  Old  Curiosity  Shop. 398 

22  David  Copperfield . 637 

24  Pickwick  Papers . 591 

37  Nicholas  Nickleby . 608 

41  Oliver  Twist . 304 

77  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities..  ..253 

84  Hard  Times . 272 

91  Barnaby  Rudge . 463 

94  Little  Dorrit . .616 

106  Bleak  House . 640 

107  Dombey  and  Son . 640 

108  The  Cricket  on  the 

Hearth,  and  Doctor  Mar¬ 
igold . 

131  Our  Mutual  Friend . 616 

132  Master  Hum phrey’s 

Clock . 

152  The  Uncommercial  Trav¬ 
eler . 247 

168  No  Thoroughfare.  By 

Dickens  and  Collins.... 

169  The  Haunted  Man . 

437  Life  and  Adventures  of 

Martin  Chuzzlewit . 628 

439  Great  Expectations . 331 

440  Mrs.  Lirriper’s  Lodgings 

447  American  Notes . 181 

448  Pictures  From  Italy,  and 

The  Mudfog  Papers. ...  181 
454*The  Mystery  of  Edwin 

Drood . 181 

456  Sketches  by  Boz.  Illus¬ 
trative  of  Every-day 
Life  and  Every-day 

People . 349 

676  A  Child’s  History  of  Eng¬ 
land . 894 

731  The  Boy  at  Mugby . 

1520  Sketches  of  Young  Cou¬ 
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1529  The  Haunted  House . 

1533  A  Christmas  Carol . 155 

1541  Somebody’s  Luggage... 

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612*My  Wife’s  Niece . 284 


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M8*The  Family  Difficulty... 
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1809* Miracle  Gold . 354 

Edmund  Downey. 

1746* A  House  of  Tears . 

1793*In  One  Town . 252 

A.  Conan  Doyle- 
1305  The  Firm  of  Girdlestone.354 
1894  The  White  Company. . .  .338 

1980  A  Study  in  Scarlet . 213 

2077  The  Captain  of  the  “Pole- 
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2092  Beyond  the  City . 

2093  A  Scandal  in  Bohemia.. 

2094  The  Sign  of  the  Four... 
2103  The  Mystery  of  doom* 

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2109  Micah  Clark . 399 


2152  The  Surgeon  of  Gaster 
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1846*Baptized  With  a  Curse.. 238 

Henry  Drummond. 
J81S*The  Greatest  Thing  in 
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F.  Du  Boisgobey- 

82  Sealed  Lips . 240 

104  The  Coral  Pin  . 488 

264  Pi6douche,  a  French  De¬ 
tective .  . 

328  Babiole,  the  Pretty  Mil¬ 
liner . 231 

453  The  Lottery  Ticket . 

475  The  Prima  Donna’s  Hus¬ 
band  . 

522  Zig-Zag,  the  Clown ;  or, 

Tne  Steel  Gauntlets. . .  .188 

523  The  Consequences  of  a 

Duel.  A  Parisian  Ro¬ 


mance . 235 

648  The  Angel  of  the  Bells.  .180 

697  The  Pretty  Jailer . 343 

699  The  Sculptor’s  Daugh¬ 
ter  . 286 

782  The  Closed  Door . 319 

861  The  Cry  of  Blood . 375 

918  The  Red  Band . 538 


No.  Title  Page* 

942  Cash  on  Delivery . 289 

1076  The  Mystery  of  an  Omni¬ 
bus . 

1080  Bertha’s  Secret . 3i5 

1082  The  Severed  Hand . 809 

1085  The  Matapan  Affair.  ...347 

1088  The  Old  Age  of  Mon¬ 
sieur  Lecoq . 482 

1730  The  Blue  Veil . 282 

1762  The  Detective’s  Eye . 

1765  The  Red  Lottery  Ticket. 
1777  A  Fight  for  a  Fortune. ..  191 

46 The  Duchess.” 


2  Molly  Bawn . 279 

6  Portia . 211 

14  Airy  Fairy  Lilian . 254 

16  Phyllis . m 

25  Mrs.  Geoffrey . 328 

29  Beauty’s  Daughters . 296 

30  Faith  and  Unfaith . *15 


118  Loys,  Lord  Berresford, 

and  Eric  Dering . 

119  Monica,  and  A  Rose  Dis- 

till’d . 

123  Sweet  is  True  Love . 

129  Rossmoyne . 288 

134  The  Witching  Hour,  and 

Other  Stories . 

136  “  That  Last  Rehearsal,” 

and  Other  Stories . 

166  Moonshine  and  Marguer¬ 
ites . 

171  Fortune’s  Wheel,  and 

Other  Stories . 

284  Doris . 246 

312  A  Week’s  Amusement; 

or,  A  Week  in  Killarney 
342  The  Baby,  and  One  New 

Year’s  Eve . 

390  Mildred  Trevanion . 

404  In  Durance  Vile,  and 

Other  Stories . 

486  Dick’s  Sweetheart . 884 

494  A  Maiden  All  Forlorn, 

and  Barbara . 

517  A  Passive  Crime,  and 

Other  Stories . 

541  “  As  It  Fell  Upon  a  Day” 


733  Lady  Brankamere . 868 

771  A  Mental  Struggle . 830 


785  The  Haunted  Chamber  . 

862  Ugly  Barrington . 

875  Lady  Valworth’s  Dia¬ 
monds . 

1009  In  an  Evil  Hour,  and 


Other  Stories. . . . 

1016  A  Modern  Circe . 310 

1035  The  Duchess . 219 

1047  Marvel . 201 

1103  The  Honorable  Mrs. 

Vereker . 20f 

1123  Under-Currents . 20i 


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tm  “Jerry.”— “That  Night 
in  June.”  —  A  Wrong 
Turning.  —  Irish  Love 

and  Marriage . 

1209  A  Troublesome  Girl. .  . . 
1249  A  Life’s  Remorse . 278 


H3S3  A  Born  Coquette . 330 

1863  “April’s  Lady  ” . 1..327 

1453  Her  Last  Throw . 


■•.862  A  Little  Irish  Girl 
1891  A  Little  Rebel  . . . 


Alexander  Dumas, 

55  The  Three  Musketeers.. 460 

75  Twenty  Years  After . 407 

262  The  Count  of  Monte- 

Cristo.  Part  1 . 460 

262  The  Count  of  Monte- 

Cristo.  Part  II . 460 

717  Beau  Tanerede:  or,  The 

Marriage  Verdict . 315 

1068  Masaniello;  or.  The  Fish¬ 
erman  of  Naples . 

1340  The  Son  of  Monte-Cristo.371 
1642  Monte -Cristo  and  His 
Wife.  Sequel  to  “  Count 

of  Monte-Cristo.” . 187 

1645  The  Countess  of  Monte- 

Cristo . 365 

1676  Camille . 

2026  The  Last  Vend6e.  Sequel 
to  “The  She- Wolves  of 

Machecoul  ” . 266 

3060  The  Aidde-Camp  of  Na¬ 
poleon.  Sequel  to  “The 
Companions  of  Jehu” .  .251 

2061  Diana* de  Fargas.  Sequel 

to  “  The  First  Republic; 
or.  The  Whites  and  the 
Blues  ” . 240 

2062  The  Watchmaker . 165 

2063  The  Russian  Gipsy . 227 

2064  The  Vicomte  de  Brage- 

lonne . 488 

2065  Ten  Years  Later . 489 

2066  Louise  de  la  Valliere. . .  .436 

2067  The  Man  in  the  Iron 

Mask . i . 442 

2075  The  Twin  Lieutenants. .  .237 

2076  The  Page  of  the  Duke  of 

Savoy . 254 

2096  Madame  de  Mailly.  Se¬ 
quel  to  “Olympe  de 
Cloves” .  315 

2110  The  Two  Diauas . 273 

2111  The  Black  Tulip . 199 

2112  Olympe  de  Cldves . 292 

2113  The  Chevalier  d’Harmeu- 

tal;  or,  The  Conspira¬ 
tors . 254 

2114  The  Regent’s  Daughter. 211 

2115  Marguerite  de  Valois..  .338 


No.  Title  Page* 

2116  La  Dame  de  Monsoreau; 

or,  Chicot  the  Jester. .  .337 

2117  The  Forty-Five  Guards¬ 

men .  366 

2118  Joseph  Balsamo . 407 

2119  Memoirs  of  a  Physician. 356 

2120  The  Queen’s  Necklace. .288 

2121  Ange  Pitou ;  or.  Taking 

the  Bastile  ;  or,  Six 
Years  Later . 452 

2122  The  Countess  de  Charn3r.36fl 

2123  Andr6e  de  Taverney . . .  361 

2124  The  Chevalier  de  Maison 

Rouge . 270 

2125  The  First  Republic;  or, 

The  Whites  and  the 
Blues . 308 

2126  The  Companions  of 

Jehu . 232 

2127  The  she- Woives  of  Ma¬ 

checoul . ...294 

2128  The  Corsican  Brothers . . 

2134  Edmond  Dantes . 

2138  The  Son  cf  Porthos . 

Sara  Jeannette  Duncan, 

1852  An  American  Gild  iu  Lon¬ 
don . 224 

2137  A  Social  Departure . 306 

George  Ebers, 

474  Serapis.  An  Historical 

Novel . 210 

983  Uarda . 439 

1056  The  Bride  of  the  Nile. . .  .539 

1094  Homo  Sum . 203 

1097  The  Burgomaster’s  Wi  fe.241 
1101  An  Egyptian  Princess. .  .411 

1106  The  Emperor . 388 

1112  Only  a  Word . 288 

1114  The  Sisters . 236 

1198  Gred  of  Nuremberg.  A 
Romance  of  the  Fif¬ 
teenth  Century . 299 

1266  Joshua:  A  Biblical  Pict;- 
nre . 267 

Maria  Edgeworth. 

708*Ormond  . 300 

788*The  Absentee.  An  Irish 
Story . 260 

Amelia  It.  Edwards. 

99  Barbara’s  History . 367 

354*Hand  and  Glove . 228 

1364  My  Brother's  Wife . 207 

Mrs.  Annie  Edwards, 

644* A  Girton  Girl . 349 

834  A  Balli'oom  Repentance. 266 

835  Vivian  the  Beauty . 

836*A  Point  of  Honor . 168 

837*  A  Vagabond  Heroine  — 
838*Ought  We  to  Visit  Her?..878 


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889  Leah:  A  Woman  of 

Fashion . 318 

841* Jet:  Her  Face  or  Her 

Fortune? . 

842*  A  Blue-Stocking . 

843* Archie  Lovell . 391 

344*Susan  Fielding . 387 


845*Philip  Earnscliffe  ;  or. 
The  Morals  of  May  Fair.370 

846*Steven  Lawrence . 

860*A  Playwright’s  Daugh¬ 
ter . 

H.  Sutherland  Edwards. 
917*The  Case  of  Reuben  Ma- 

lachi . 

Mrs.  C.  J.  Eiloart. 
114*Some  of  Our  Girls . 213 

George  Eliot. 

3  The  Mill  on  the  Floss.. .  .364 

31  Middlemarch . . 569 

34  Daniel  Deronda . 558 

36  Adam  Bede . 469 

42  Romola . 393 

693  Felix  Holt,  the  Radical.. 457 
707  Silas  Marner:  The 

Weaver  of  Ra  veloe . 

768  Janet’s  Repentance . 166 

762  Impressions  of  Theo¬ 
phrastus  Such . 

1441  Amos  Barton . 208 

1501  The  Spanish  Gypsy,  and 

Other  Poems . 354 

1504  Brother  Jacob . 

Frances  Elliot. 

381*The  Red  Cardinal . 

Eva  Evergreen. 
1358*Agatha . 183 


No.  Title  Page* 

1383  The  Mystery  of  M.  Felix. 898 

1518*Gautran . 336 

1735  A  Very  Young  Couple.  ..284 

1790*A  Secret  Inheritance _ 262 

1791*BasiI  and  Annette . 440 

l812*Merry,  Merry  Boys . 178 

1816*The  Peril  of  Richard 

Pardon . 188 

1890  Toilers  of  Babylon . 291 

Heinrich  Felbermann. 

355*The  Princess  Dagomar 
of  Poland . 


G.  Manvillc  Fenn, 

193*The  Rosery  Folk . 

558*Povt-rty  Corner . 257 

5H7*The  Parson  o’  Dum ford. 256 

609  The  Dark  House . 

1169  Commodore  Junk . 249 

1276  The  Mynns’  Mystery...  205 

1293*In  Jeopardy . 380 

1802*The  Master  of  the  Cere¬ 
monies . 448 

1313*Eve  at  the  Wheel . 190 

1344*One  Maid's  Mischief . 364 

1387* Eli’s  Children . 478 

1680*This  Man’s  Wife . 375 

1694*The  Bag  of  Diamonds.. .174 

1<V3  The  Haute  Noblesse . 412 

11*49  Story  of  Anthony  Grace. 321 

1788  Black  Blood . 358 

1799*Lady  Maude’s  Mania.... 277 

1815* A  Double  Knot . 365 

1824  A  Mint  of  Money . 391 


Octave  Feuillet, 

66  The  Romance  of  a  Poor 

Young  Man . 

386  Led  Astray;  or,  “La 
Petite  Comtesse  ”. . . . . . 

1427  A  Marriage  in  High  Life.248 


Juliana  Horatia  Ewing. 

752* Jackanapes,  and  Other 
Stories . 

Kate  Eyre, 

1804*A  Step  in  the  Dark . 169 

Olive  P,  Fairchild. 

1800* A  Choice  of  Chance . 

1802*A  Struggle  for  Lovfe . 192 

II.  Fnrley. 

.525  Christmas  Stories . 256 

B,  L.  Farjeon. 

179*Little  Make-Believe . 

573* Love's  Harvest . 238 

607  Self-Doomed . 

616  The  Sacred  Nugget . 840 

657*Christinas  Angel . 

907*The  Bright  Star  of  Life. 

909  The  Nine  of  Hearts . 160 


Gertrude  Forde. 

1072  Only  a  Coral  Girl . 248 

1349  In  the  Old  Palazzo . 242 

It.  E.  Forrest. 

879*The  Touchstone  of  Peril.340 

Mrs.  Forrester. 

80  June . 35£ 

280  Omnia  Vanitas.  A  Tale 

of  Society . 

484* A  1 1  h  o  u  g  h  He  Was  a 
Lord,  and  Other  Tales. 
715*1  Have  Lived  and  Loved. 302 

721  Dolores . 357 

724  My  Lord  and  My  Lady... 334 

726  Mv  Ilero . 243 

727  Fair  Women . 363 

729  Mi gn on . 389 

732  From  Olympus  to Hades.386 
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788  Roy  and  Viola . 366 

740  Rhona . 378 

744  Diana  Carew :  or,  For  a 

Woman's  Sake. . 363 

883  Once  Agra  in . 307 

1887  A  Young:  Man’s  Fancy .  .5297 

Jessie  Fotliergill, 

314  Peril . 251 

572  Healey . 266 

935  Borderland . 342 

1099  The  Lasses  of  Lever- 

house . 191 

1275  A  March  in  the  Ranks. .  .399 

1377  The  First  Violin . 377 

1843  Kith  and  Kin  . *62 


Francesca. 

58*The  Story  of  Ida . 

K.  E.  Fraacillon. 

IX  A  Great  Heiress :  A  Fort¬ 
une  in  Seven  Checks. .. 
819*Face  to  Face:  A  Fact  in 


Seven  Fables . 

860*Ropes  of  Sand . 286 

656*The  Golden  Flood.  By 
R.  E.  Francillou  and 

Wm.  Senior . 

911*Golden  Bells . 164 

1566* A  Real  Queen . 332 

1825*King  or  Knave? . 287 

A.  Frankly  it. 

1470*Ameline  de  Bourg . 

Mrs.  Alexander  Fraser. 
135]*She  Came  Between . 20l 


1826*The  Match  of  the  Season. 300 
Charlotte  French. 

387*The  Secret  of  the  Cliffs.,210 
L.  Virginia  French. 

1633*My  Roses . 278 

J.  A.  Fronde. 

1180  The  Two  Chiefs  of  Pun- 
boy;  or.  An  Irish  Ro¬ 
mance  of  the  Last  Cent¬ 
ury . 300 

Eady  Georgiann  Fullerton. 

W86*Ellen  Middleton . 300 

Emile  Gaborinn, 

7  File  No.  113 . 373 

}2  Other  People’s  Money. .  .370 
20  "Within  an  Inch  of  His 


Life . 414 

26  Monsieur  Lecoq . 199 

33  The  Clique  of  Gold . 324 

38  The  Widow  Lerouge _ 2518 

43  The  Mystery  of  Oreival.202 
144  Promises  of  Marriage... 

979  The  Count’s  Secret . 332 


1002  Marriage  at  a  Venture.. 


No.  Title  Pages 

1015  A  Thousand  Francs  Re¬ 
ward  . 

1045  The  13th  Hussars . 

1078  The  Slaves  of  Paris . 842 


10851  The  Little  Old  Man  of 

the  Batignolles . 

1167  Captain  Contanceau . 

1841  The  Honor  of  the  Name. 

Sequel  to  "Monsieur 
Lecoq  ” . 318 

1842  Baron  Trigault.  Sequel 

to  “  The  Count's  Se¬ 
cret  ”  263 

1848  The  Champdoce  Secret. 
Sequel  to  “  The  Slaves 
of  Paris  ” . ..331 

Charles  Garvice. 

1548  A  Wasted  Love . 242 

1549  Leslie’s  Loyalty . 260 

18238  Elaine . 248 

1838  Her  Heart’s  Desire . 263 

1850  Her  Ransom . 254 

Mrs.  Gaskell. 

938  Cranford . 204 

Charles  Gibbon. 

64*A  Maiden  Fair . 

317* By  Mead  and  Stream _ 244 

1277*Was  Ever  Woman  in  this 


Humor  Wooed? . 193 

1434*Tlie  Golden  Shaft . 316 

1795*The  Dead  Heart . 310 

Tlieo.  Gift. 

1300*Lil  Lorimer . 427 

1435*I)islionored . . . 427 

1814*Prett3r  Miss  Bellew . 246 

Gilbert  and  Sullivan. 

692  The  Mikado,  and  Other 

Comic  Operas . 253 

It.  Murray  Gilchrist. 
1703*I’assion  the  Plaything.  ..207 

Wenona  Gilman. 

1794  Oni . 206 

Ida  Linn  Girard. 

1360*A  Dangerous  Game . 

<2oet  be. 

1043  Faust . 225 

Oliver  Goldsmith. 


80’  She  Stoops  to  Conquer, 
and  The  Good-Natured 

Man . 

1316  The  Vicar  of  Wakefield. .161 


Edward  Goodman. 

1081*Too  Curious . 288 

Mrs.  Gore. 

1449*The  Dean's  Daughter...  .362 
Barbara  <2  rah  am. 

532* Arden  Court . 290 


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ia%  Ideala . 192 


.2988  Singularly  Deluded - 

James  Grant, 

•j6C  The  Royal  Highlanders; 
or.  The  Black  Watch  in 

Egypt . .234 

s3i  The  Secret  Dispatch  •  ... 

Miss  Grant, 

1822  The  Sun-Meld . 272 

556*Caia  Roma  . 192 

Annabel  Gray, 
1374+Terribly  Tempted. .... . .169 

Arnold  Gray. 

965  Periwinkle . -  ...410 

Maxwell  Gray. 

1034  The  Silence  of  Dean  Mait¬ 
land . 354 

1182  The  Reproach  of  Annes- 

ley . 315 

1839  In  the  Heart  of  the 
Storm . 339 

Henri  Greville. 
..(>78*Frankley . 204 

Cecil  Griffith,, 

683*Victory  Deane .  254 

Arthur  Griffiths, 

814*No.  99 . 

680*Fast  and  Loose — . 220 

Brothers  Grimm, 

1445  Grimm’s  Popular  Tales. 

(Illustrated) . 175 

1488  Grimm’s  Household  Sto¬ 
ries.  (Illustrated) . 181 

3509  Grimm’s  Fairy  Tales 

(Illustrated.) . 172 

Author  of  “Guilty  Without 
Crime.” 

645  Vida’s  Story . . . 

Guinevere, 

1805  Little  Jewel .  196 


No,  Title  Pages 

941  Jess . 274 

959  Dawn . ....478 

989  Allan  Quatermain . 26# 


1049  A  Tale  of  Three  Lions, 

and  On  Going  Back.... 208 

1100  Dir.  Meeson’s  Will . 206 

1105  Maiwa’s  Revenge . 

1140  Colonel  Quaritch,  V.  C..  277 

1145  My  Fellow  Laborer . 

1190  Cleopatra:  Being  an  Ac¬ 
count  of  the  Fall  and 
Vengeance  of  Har- 
machi8,  the  Royal  Egyp¬ 
tian,  as  Set  Forth  by  his 

own  Hand . 227 

1248  Allan's  Wife . 17T 

1335  Beatrice .  181 

1635  The  World’s  Desha.  By 
H.  Rider  Haggard  and 

Andrew  Lang . 317 

1849  Eric  Brighteyes . 27t 


liiidovic  Halevy. 

1408  L’Abb6  Constantin . 187 


George  liaise. 

1785*The  Weeping  Ferry . 260 

Thomas  Hardy. 

139  The  Romantic  Advent¬ 
ures  of  a  Milkmaid.... 

530  A  Pair  of  Blue  Eyes. . .  .360 
690  Far  From  the  Madding 


Crowd . 368 

791  The  Mayor  of  Caster- 

bridge . 302 

945  The  Trumpet-Major . 301 

957  The  Woodlauders . 349 

1309  Desperate  Remedies . 384 

1430  Two  on  a  Tower . 284 

1973  A  Laodicean . 348 

1974  The  Hand  of  Ethelberta.423 


1975  The  Return  of  theNative.465 

1976  Under  the  Greenwood 

Tree . 

Beatrice  Harrr  leu, 

2071  Ships  That  Pass  in  the 

Night . 176 

2087  At  the  Green  Dragon. . . . 


Lieutenant  J.  W.  Gunnison. 
1610  History  of  the  Mormons.168 

F.  VV.  Hacklaiuler. 

1639  Forbidden  Fruit . 282 

Ho  Rider  Haggard. 

432  The  Witch's  Head . 251 

753  King  Solomon’s  Mines.  188 
910  She:  A  History  of  Ad¬ 
venture . . . 237 


John  B.  Harwood, 

143*One  False,  Both  Fair...  180 
358*Within  the  Clasp.... _ 206 


1307*The  Lady  Egeria . 286 

Joseph  Hatton, 

1390  Clytie . 378 

1423  Bv  Order  of  the  Caar _ 19t 

1480  Cruel  London . 378 

1764  The  Abbey  Murder . 

1786* The  Great  World . 3U 


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1590  Twice-Told  Tales _ 228 

1592  Grandfather’s  Chair  ...225 

1969  The  Scarlet  Letter . 255 

1970  Legends  of  the  Province 

House . 205 

1971  Mosses  from  an  Old 

Manse . . . 368 

1972  The  New  Adam  and  Eve, 

and  Other  Stories . 

Mary  Cecil  Hay. 

65  Back  to  the  Old  Home.. 

72  Old  Myddeltou’s  Money.366 


196  Hidden  Perils . 288 

197  For  Her  Dear  Sake . 361 

224  The  Arundel  Motto . 384 

281  The  Squire’s  Legacy ...  .471 

290  Nora’s  Love  Test . 415 

408  Lester’s  Secret . 294 

678  Dorothy’s  Venture . 404 

716  Victor  and  Vanquished.  .399 

849  A  Wicked  Girl . 177 

987  Brenda  Yorke . 192 

1026  A  Dark  Inheritance . 

1620  Under  the  Will . 

1673  My  First  Offer . 


Mrs.  Sumner  Hayden. 

1370  Little  Goldie . 167 

2180  The  Midnight  Marriage. 

W.  Heimburg. 

994  A  Penniless  Orphan . 201 

1175  A  Tale  of  an  Old  Castle.. 185 

1188  My  Heart’s  Darling . 200 

1.216  The  Story  of  a  Clergy¬ 
man’s  Daughter. . 212 

1242  Lenore  Von  Tollen . 217 

1270  Gertrude’s  Marriage . 160 

1289  Her  Only  Brother . 227 

Fr.  Henkel. 

1030*The  Mistress  of  Ibich- 


stein .  188 

CL  A.  Henty. 

3224  The  Curse  of  Carne’s 

Hold . 261 

1818  A  Hidden  Foe . 813 

H.  Herman. 

!419*Searlet  Fortune.  . .164 

John  Hill. 


112*The  r7aters  of  Marah...288 

Mr«.  Cashel-Hoey. 

313*The  Lover's  Creed . 265 

802*A  Stern  Chase . 342 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Holmes. 

1646  Woman  Against  Woman. 

Thomas  Hood. 
407*Tylney  Hall . 309 


Anthony  Hope. 

No.  Title  Asm 

2097  A  Change  of  Air. . 

2098  The  Dolly  Dialogues.... 

2140  Sport  Royal. . . . . 

2147  A  Man  of  Mark. . 


Tiglie  Hopkins. 

509*Nell  Haffenden . ..879 

714  ’Twixt  Love  and  Duty... 804 

Arabella  M.  Hopkinson. 

1348*Life's  Fitful  Fever . 22t 

Mary  Hoppns. 

170*  A  Great  Treason . 441 


Robert  Houdln. 

1406*The  Tricks  of  the  Greeks.188 

Thomas  Hughes. 

120  Tom  Brown’s  School 

Days  at  Rugby . 200 

1139  Tom  Brown  at  Oxford.  .500 
Victor  Hugo. 

8S5  Les  Mis6rables.  Part  I.  .392 
885  Les  Mis6rables.  Part  11.401 
885  LesMis6rables.  PartIII.399 
2135  The  Hunchback  of  Notre 


Dame . 386 

2148  Ninety-Three . 813 


2149  Toilers  of  the  Sea . 354 

2160  By  Order  of  the  King 

(li’Homme  Qui  Rit)....531 

2161  The  History  of  a  Crime. 418 

Fergus  W.  Hume. 

1075  The  Mystery  of  a  Han¬ 


som  Cab . 217 

1127  Madam  Midas . 258 


1232  The  Piccadilly  Puzzle.. 

1425  The  Man  with  a  Secret.. 294 
1904  The  Girl  From  Malta. . .  .182 

Mrs.  Allred  Hunt. 

S15*That  Other  Person . 

Stanley  Huntley. 

1466  The  Spoopendyke  Pa¬ 
pers  . 162 

Jean  Ingelow. 
1563*Quite  Another  Story.... 251 

Colonel  Prentiss  Ingraham* 

1792*The  Rival  Cousins . 

“Iota.” 

2083  A  Yellow  Aster .  .  .186 

2090  Miss  Milne  and  1 . 186 

Ralph  Iron  [Olive  Schrei¬ 

ner]. 

1120  The  Story  of  an  African 

Farm . 287 

1814  Dreams . . 


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offrey  Crayon,  Gent ....  370 
1633  The  Alhambra . 224 

G.  P.  R.  Janies. 

318  Agnes  Sorel . 235 

Harriet  Jay. 

384*A  Marriage  of  Conveni¬ 
ence.  . 

1432*The  Dirk  Colleen . 873 


Edward  Jenkins. 

458  A  Week  of  Passion ;  or, 
The  Dilemma  of  Mr. 
George  Barton  the 

Younger . 266 

SlO*The  Secret  of  Her  Life.  .220 
2105  The  Devil’s  Chain . 

Philippa  Prittie  Jephson. 

176*An  April  Day . 

Jerome  K.  Jerome. 

1831  The  Idle  Thoughts  of  an 

Idle  Fellow... . 

1859  Stageland . 

1517  Three  Men  in  a  Boat..  .  .220 

H.  T.  Johnson. 

1183*Jack  of  Hearts.  A  Story 
of  Bohemia.... . 186 

Evelyn  Kimball  Johnson. 

3361*Tangles  Unravelled . 263 

8amuel  Johnson,  LL.D. 

3884  The  History  of  Rasselas, 
Prince  of  Abyssinia.... 

H.  H.  Johnston. 

1212*The  History  of  a  Slave. 

Maurus  Jokai 

.2130  Timar’sTwo  Worlds — 277 

Author  of  “Judith  Wynne.” 

332*Judith  Wynne . 230 

506*Lady  Lovelace . 224 

L.  Keith. 

1827* A  Lost  Illusion . 463 

Mrn.  Edward  Kennardc 

1092*  A  Glorious  Gallop . 

1282*Matron  or  Maid . 312 


Richard  Ashe  King. 

No.  Title  r*»» 

1262*Passion’s  Slave . 801 


Charles  Kingsley. 

266  The  Water-Babies . 

1320  Hypatia . 400 


Henry  Kingsley. 

1710* Austin  Eliot . S52 

1712*The  Ilillyars  and  the 

Burtons . 419 

1715*Leighton  Court . 190 

1718*Geoffrey  Hamlyn . 525 


William  H.  G.  Kingston. 

117  A  Tale  of  the  Shore  and 


Ocean . 181 

133  Peter  the  Whaler . 206 

761  Will  Weatherhelm . 344 

763  The  Midshipman,  Mar- 

tnaduke  Merry . 270 

1568  Round  the  World . 454 

1573  MarkSeaworth . 401 

1577  The  Young  Foresters....  323 
1580  Salt  Water . 888 


Rudyard  Kipling. 

1369. Wee  Willie  Winkie . 187 

1439  Plain  Tales  from  the 

Hills . 287 

1443  Soldiers  Three,  and  Other 

Stories . 409 

1479  The  Phantom  ’Rickshaw. 391 
1499  The  Story  of  the  Gads- 

bys . 173 

1719  The  Light  That  Failed.  .186 
1809  Under  the  Deodars,  and 

Other  Tales . 

1909  Mine  Own  People . 

2131  American  Notes . 

2133  The  Courting  of  Dinah 
Shadd . 

1.  I.  Kraszewskl. 


1174*The  Polish  Princess . 203 

1207*The  Princess  and  the 

Jew . 200 


Author  of  “Lady  Gweido* 
Ien*s  Tryst.” 

809*Witness  My  Hand . 

May  liaffan. 

681  A  Singer’s  Story . 

A.  E.  Lancaster 

1898* All’s  Dross  But  Love.... 


Grace  Kennedy 
1464*Dunallan . 447 

John  P,  Kennedy. 

1440  Horse-Shoe  Robinson  . .  .554 


Andrew  Lang. 

773*The  Mark  of  Cain . 

1635  The  World’s  Desire.  By 
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Andrew  Lang . 817 


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3612*Rival  Doctors . 316 

Hon.  Emily  Lawless. 

748*Hurrish :  A  Study . 239 

N.  E.  Le  Clerc. 


1220*Mistress  Beatrice  Cope; 
or,  Passages  in  the  Life 
of  a  Jacobite's  Daugh¬ 


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Vernon  Lee. 

399*Miss  Brown . 285 


859*Ottilie:  An  Eighteenth 
Century  Idyl.  By  Ver¬ 
non  Lee.  The  Prince  of 
the  100  Soups.  Edited 

by  Vernon  Lee .  201 

1727* A  Phantom  Lover . 

Edmond  Lepelletier. 
8159  Madame  Sans-Gene . 

Jules  Lermina, 


1688*Tlie  Chase . 348 

H.  F.  Lester. 

1531*Hartas  Maturin . 404 

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191  Harry  Lorrequer . 341 

212  Charles  O’Malley,  the 
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1886  Paul  Gosslett's  Confes¬ 
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8070  Jack  Hinton,  the  Guards¬ 


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Fanny  Lewald. 
48C*Stella . 199 


George  Henry  Lewes. 

442*Ranthorpe . 172 

Laura  Jean  Libbey. 

2170  The  Heiress  of  Cameron 

Hall . 177 

2171  Madolin  Rivers . 242 

2172  Leonie  Locke . 287 

2173  Junie’s  Love-Test . 235 

2174  All  for  Love  of  a  Fair 

Face . 167 

2175  A  Struggle  for  a  Heart.  .175 

2176  Little  Rosebud’s  Lovers. 253 

8177  Beautiful  lone's  Lover.. 181 

8178  Daisy  Brooks . 202 


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473  A  Lost  Son . 

620  Between  the  Heather 
and  the  Northern  Sea.  .345 
1687  In  Exchange  for  a  Soul. 316 

Mrs.  E.  Lynn  Linton. 

122*Ione  Stewart . 269 

817  Stabbed  in  the  Dark . 

886*Paston  Carew,  Million¬ 
aire  and  Miser . 401 

1109*T hrough  the  Long 

Nights . 351 

1417*Under  Which  Lord? . 384 

1507  Sowing  the  Wind . 316 

Henry  YV.  Longfellow. 

2169  The  Song  of  Hiawatha. . 

Author  of  “Lover  and 
Lord.” 

510  A  Mad  Love . 


Samuel  Lover. 

663  Handy  Andy . 489 

664  Bory  O’More  . 394 

1386  The  Happy  Man  and  the. 

Hall  Porter. ...> . 

Henry  W.  Lucy. 

1452*Gideon  Fleyce . 376 

Ileury  C.  Lukens. 

1475*Jets  and  Flashes . 188 

Edna  Lyall. 

738  In  the  Golden  Days . 366 

1147  Knight-Errant . 382 

1149  Donovan:  A  Modern  En¬ 
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1160  We  Two . 416 

1173  Won  by  Waiting . 280 

1196  A  Hardy  Norseman . 352 


1197  The  Autobiography  of  a 

Slander.  . . 

1206  Derrick  Vaughan  — 
Novelist _ f . 

Sir  E.  Buiwer  Lytton. 

40  The  Last  Days  of  Pom¬ 
peii . 288 

83  A  Strange  Story . 332 

90  Ernest  Maltravers . 267 

130  The  Last  of  the  Barons. 464 

161  The  Lady  of  Lyons. 

Founded  on  the  Play... 

162  Eugene  Aram . 286 

164  Leila;  or.  The  Siege  of 

Grenada . . 

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1  A  Yellow  Aster.  “  Iota.  ” 

2  Esther  Waters.  Geo.  Moore. 

3  The  Man  in  Black.  Stanley 

J.  Weyman. 

4  Dodo.  E.  F.  Benson. 

6  Ships  that  Pass  in  the  Night. 
Beatrice  Han-aden. 

6  A  Rogue’s  Life.  Wilkie  Col¬ 

lins. 

7  The  Duchess.  “The  Duchess.” 

8  Called  Back.  Hugh  Conway. 

9  A  Wicked  Girl.  Mary  Cecil 

Hay. 

10  Back  to  the  Old  Home.  Mary 

Cecil  Hay. 

11  Wedded  and  Parted.  Char¬ 

lotte  M.  Braeme. 

12  The  Bag  of  Diamonds.  G. 

Manville  Fenn. 

13  The  Octoroon.  Miss  M.  E. 

Braddon. 

14  A  Study  in  Scarlet.  A.  Conan 

Doyle. 

15  Forging  the  Fetters.  Mrs.. 

A  IayddHop 

16  My  Lady’s  Money.  Wilkie 

Collins. 

17  The  Shadow  of  a  Sin.  Char¬ 

lotte  M.  Braeme. 

18  The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth. 

Charles  Dickens. 

19  The  Squire’s  Darling.  Char¬ 

lotte  M.  Braeme. 

20  Singleheart  and  Doubleface. 

Charles  Reade. 

21  Lady  Grace.  Mrs.  Henry 

Wood. 

22  Maid,  Wife  or  Widow?  Mrs. 

Alexander. 

23  Black  Beauty.  Anna  Sewell. 

24  Ideala.  Sarah  Grand. 

25  Camille.  Alexander  Dumas. 

26  Her  Last  Throw.  “The 

Duchess.” 

27  Three  Men  in  a  Boat.  J.  K. 

Jerome. 

28  The  Honorable  Mrs.  Vereker. 

“  The  Duchess.” 

29  The  House  of  the  Wolf.  Stan¬ 

ley  J.  Weyman. 

30  Charlotte  Temple.  Mrs.  Row- 

son. 

81  The  Shattered  Idol.  Char¬ 

lotte  M.  Braeme. 

82  Derrick  Vaughan— Novelist. 

Edna  Lyall. 

88  The  Mystery  of  No.  13.  Hel¬ 
en  B.  Mathers. 

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34  He  Went  for  a  Soldier.  John 
Strange  Winter. 

35  The  Haunted  Chamber.  “The 
Duchess.” 

36  Cleverly  Won.  HawleySmart. 

37  Doris’s  Fortune.  Florence 
Warden. 

38  Dinna  Forget.  J.  S.  Winter. 

39  The  Earl’s  Error.  Charlotte 
M.  Braeme. 

40  A  Golden  Heart.  Charlotte 
M.  Braeme. 

41  Her  Only  Sin.  Charlotte  M. 
Braeme. 

42  The  Idle  Thoughts  of  an  Idle 
Fellow.  J.  K.  Jerome. 

43  In  Durance  Vile.  “The Duch¬ 
ess.” 

44  A  Little  Rebel.  “  The  Duch¬ 
ess.” 

45  A  Little  Irish  Girl.  “The 
Duchess.” 

46  Loys,  Lord  Berresford.  “  The 
Duchess.” 

47  The  Moment  After.  Robert 
Buchanan. 

48  A  Marriage  at  Sea.  W.  Clark 
Russell. 

49  A  Mad  Love.  Author  of  “Lov¬ 
er  and  Lord.” 

50  The  Other  Man’s  Wife.  John 
Strange  Winter. 

51  On  Her  Wedding  Morn.  C. 

M.  Braeme. 

52  Stage-Land.  J.  K.  Jerome. 

53  Struck  Down.  HawleySmart. 

54  A  Star  and  a  Heart.  Florence 
Marryat. 

55  Sweet  is  True  Love.  “The 
Duchess. M 

56  The  Two  Orphans.  D’Ennery. 

57  A  Troublesome  Girl.  “  The 
Duchess.” 

58  Two  Generations.  Count  Lyof 
Tolstoi. 

59  At  the  Green  Dragon.  Bea-  ^ 
trice  Harraden. 

60  Singularly  Deluded.  Sarah 
Grand. 

61  The  Hired  Baby.  Marie  Cor¬ 
elli. 

62  The  Tour  of  the  World  in  80 
Days.  Jules  Verne. 

63  Little  Pilgrim,  A.  Mrs.  Oli- 
phant. 

64  By  the  Gate  of  the  Sea.  D. 
Christie  Murray. 

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Bum's  Litar  f  of  Poplar  Novels. 


65  Maiden  Fair,  A.  Charles  Gib¬ 

bon. 

66  Romance  of  a  Poor  Young 

Man,  The.  Octa-e  Feuillet. 

67  The  Red  Erie.  R  M.  Jallan- 

tyne. 

68  The  Fire  Brigade.  R.  M.  Bal- 

lantyne. 

69  Erling  the  Bold.  R.  M.  Bal- 

lantyne. 

70  Rose  Fleming.  Dora  Russell. 

71  Reveries  of  a  Bachelor.  Ik. 

Marvel. 

72  Under  the  Red  Flag.  Miss  M. 

E.  Braddon. 

78  Little  School  -  master  Mark, 
The.  J.  H.  Shorthouse. 

74  Mrs.  Carr’s  Companion.  M. 

G.  Wightwick. 

75  Diamond  Cut  Diamond.  T. 

Adolphus  Trollope. 

76  Monica,  and  A  Rose  Diatill’d. 

“  The  Duchess.” 

77  Afternoon,  and  other  sketch¬ 

es.  “Ouida.” 

78  Master  Humphrey’s  Clock. 

Charles  Dickens. 

79  The  Witching  Hour,  and  other 

stories.  “The  Duchess.” 

80  A  Great  Heiress.  R.  E.  Fran- 

cillon. 

81  “That  Last  Rehearsal,”  and 

other  stories.  “  The  Duch¬ 


ess. 


82  Uncle  Jack.  Walter  Besant. 

83  The  Romantic  Adventures  of 

a  Milkmaid.  Thomas  Har¬ 
dy. 

84  A  Glorious  Fortune.  Walter 

Besant. 

85  She  Loved  Him  I  Annie 

Thomas. 

86  One  False,  Both  Fair.  John 

B.  Harwood. 

87  Promises  of  Marriage.  Emile 

Gaboriau. 

88  Love  Finds  the  Way,  and  oth¬ 

er  stories.  Walter  Besant 
and  James  Rice. 

89  The  Captain’s  Daughter. 

From  the  Russian  of  Push¬ 
kin. 

90  For  Himself  Alone.  T.  W. 

Speight. 

91  The  Ducie  Diamonds.  C. 

Blatherwick. 

92  The  Starling.  Norman  Mac- 

leod,  D.D. 


93  Captain  Norton’s  Diary,  and 

A  Moment  of  Madness. 
Florence  Marryat. 

94  Her  Gentle  Deeds.  Sarah 

Tytler. 

95  Moonshine  and  Marguerites. 

“  The  Duchess.” 

96  No  Thoroughfare.  Wilkie 

Collins  and  Ckas.  Dickens. 

97  The  Haunted  Man.  Charles 

Dickens. 

98  Fortune’s  Wheel.  “The  Duch¬ 

ess.” 

99  Love's  Random  Shot.  Wilkie 

Collins. 


W. 


100  An  April  Day.  Philippa 

Prittie  Jephson. 

101  Little  Make-Believe.  B.  L. 

Farieon. 

102  Round  the  Galley  Fire. 

Clark  Russell. 

303  The  New  Abelard.  Robert 
Buchanan. 

104  Old  Contrairy,  and  other 

stories.  Florence  Marryat. 

105  Dita.  Lady  Majendie. 

106  The  Midnight  Sun.  Fredrika 

Bremer. 

107  Valerie’s  Fate.  Mrs.  Alex- 

108  At  the  World’s  Mercy.  F. 

Warden. 


109  The  Rosery  Folk.  George 

Manville  Fenn. 

110  “  So  Near,  and  Yet  So  Far!” 

Alison. 

111  A  Husband’s  Story. 

112  The  Fisher  Village.  Anne 

113  An  Old  Man’s  Love.  An¬ 

thony  Trollope. 

114  John  Bull  and  His  Island. 

Max  O’Rell. 

115  The  Picture,  and  Jack  of  All 

Trades.  Charles  Reade. 

116  The  Ghost  of  Charlotte  Cray. 

and  other  stories.  Flor¬ 
ence  Marryat. 


117  Readiana.  Charles  Reade. 

118  Lady  Clare;  or,  The  Master 

of  the  Forges.  Georges 
Ohnet. 

119  Love  and  Money;  or,  a. Per¬ 

ilous  Secret.  Chas.  Reade. 

120  Miss  Tommy.  Miss  Mulock. 

121  The  House  on  the  Marsh. 

F.  Warden. 


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Ira's  Library  of  Poplar  Ms. 


123  The  Daughter  of  the  Stars, 
and  other  tales.  Hugh 
Conway. 

123  A  Sinless  Secret.  ‘‘Rita.” 

124  The  Amazon.  CarlVosmaer. 

125  Beyond  Recall.  Aceline  Ser¬ 

geant. 

126  Piedouche,  a  French  Detect 

ive.  F.  Du  Boisgobey. 

127  The  Water  -  Babies.  Rev. 

Charles  Kingsley. 

128  The  Southern  Star.  Jules 

Verne. 

129  Eyre's  Acquittal.  Helen  B. 

Mathers. 

130  Miss  Milne  and  I.  Author  of 

“A  Yellow  Aster.” 

131  Vashti  and  Esther.  By  the 

writer  of  “Belle's  Letters.” 

132  Beyond  the  City.  A.  Conan 

Doyle. 

133  A  Scandal  in  Bohemia.  A. 

Conan  Doyle. 

134  The  Sign  of  the  Four.  A. 

Conan  Doyle. 

135  The  Heir  of  Linne.  Robert 

Buchinan 

136  Treasure  Island.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

137  The  Stickit  Minister.  S.  R. 

Crockett. 

138  The  Suicide  Club.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

139  The  Merry  Men.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

140  Prince  Otto.  Robert  Louis 

Stevensou. 

141  The  Misadventures  of  John 

Nicholson.  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson. 

142  An  Inland  Voyage.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

143  The  Silverado  Squatters. 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

144  The  Master  of  Ballantrae. 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

146  She’s  All  the  World  to  Me. 

Hall  Caine. 

147  My  Wonderful  Wife  I  Marie 

Corelli. 

148  A  Change  of  Air.  Anthony 

Hope. 

149  The  Dynamiters.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

150  Pole  on  Whist. 

151  The  Dolly  Dialogues.  An¬ 

thony  Hope. 


152  The  Rock  ->r  the  Rye.  T.  C. 

De  Leon. 

153  AuldLicht  Idylls.  James  M. 

Barrie. 

154  A  Window  in  Thrums,  Jas 

M.  Barrie. 

155  When  a  Man’s  Single.  Jas 

M.  Barrie. 

156  The  Peril  of  Oliver  Sargent, 

Edgar  Ja»es  Bliss. 

157  My  Lady  Nicotine.  James 

M.  Barrie. 

158  Better  Dead.  James  M.  Bar¬ 

rie. 

159  The  Story  of  an  African 

Farm  Ralph  Iron  (Olive 
Schreiner). 

160  Dreams.  Ralph  lion  (Olive 

Schreiner). 

161  Kidnapped.  Robert  Louis 

Stevenson. 

163  The  Strange  Case  of  Doctor 
Jek\  H  and  Mr.  Hyde.  Rob¬ 
ert  Louis  Stevenson. 

163  The  Mystery  of  Cloomber. 

A.  Conan  Doyle. 

164  Love  Letters  of  a  Worldly 

Woman.  Mrs.  W.  K.  Clif¬ 
ford. 

165  The  Pavilion  on  the  Links. 

Roberi  Louis  Stevenson. 

166  Addie’s  Husband.  The  au¬ 

thor  of  ‘  Love  and  Lands.” 

167  The  Captain  of  the  “Pole- 

Star.”  A.  Conan  Doyle. 

168  The  Picture  of  Dorian  Gray. 

Oscar  Wilde. 

169  L’Abbe  Constantin.  Ludo- 

vie  Halevy. 

170  Sport  Royal.  Anthony  Hope. 

171  Poems  by  Oscar  Wilde. 

172  Dream  Life.  By  Ik.  Marvel. 

173  Tales  of  Mean  Streets.  Ar 

thur  Morrison. 

174  The  Dark  House.  G.  Man 

ville  Fenn. 

175  The  Rabbi's  Spell.  Stuart  C 

Cumberland. 

176  Lord  Lisle’s  Daughter.  Char 

lotte  M  Braeme. 

177  The  Master  of  the  Mine, 

Robert  Buchanan. 

178  King  Solomon’s  Mines.  H. 

Rider  Haggard. 

179  Jet:  Her  Face  or  Her  Fort¬ 

une?  Mrs.  Annie  Edwards. 

180  Matt :  A  Tale  of  a  Caravan. 

Robert  Buchanan. 


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181  Sappho.  Alphonse  Daudefc. 

182  The  Tinted  Venus.  F.Aestey. 

183  A  Man  of  Mark.  Authony 

Hope. 

184  The  Secret  of  Goresthorpe 

Grange.  A.  Conan  Doyle. 

184  A  Case  of  Identity.  A.  Co 

nan  Doyle. 

185  My  Friend  the  Murderer.  A. 

Conan  Doyle. 

186  Diary  of  a  Pilgrimage.  Je¬ 

rome  K.  Jerome. 

187  Madame  Sans  -  Gene.  Ed¬ 

mond  Lepelietier. 

188  The  Mystery  of  Sasassa  Val¬ 

ley.  A.  Conan  Doyle. 

189  The  Silver  Hatchet.  A.  Co¬ 

nan  Doyle. 

190  Mine  Own  People.  Rudyard 

Kipling. 

191  The  Courting'  of  Dinah 

Shadd.  Rudyard  Kipling. 

192  Maiiva’s  Revenge.  H.  Rider 

Haggard. 

193  Mr.  Meeson’s  Will.  H.  Rider 

Hasgard. 

194  The  Surgeon  of  Gaster  Fell. 

A.  Conan  Doyle. 

195  Beside  the  Bonnie  Brier  Bush 

Ian  Maclaren. 

196  The  Bottle  Imp.  Robert 

Louis  Stevenson. 

197  American  Notes.  Rudyard 

Kipling. 

198  Under  the  Deodars. and  other 

tales.  Rud\  ard  Kipling. 

199  As  in  a  Looking  Glass.  F.  C. 

Philips. 

200  The  Corsican  Brothers.  Al¬ 

exander  Dumas. 

201  A  Triumph  in  Diplomacy, 

and  other  tales.  Ian  Mac¬ 
laren. 

202  Merle’s  Crusade.  Rosa  N. 

Carey. 

203  What  Gold  Cannot  Buy. 

Mrs.  Alexander. 

204  A  Tale  of  the  Shore  and 

Ocean.  W.  H.  G.  Kingston. 

205  The  Lady  of  Lyons.  Sir  Bul- 

wer  Lytton. 

206  Leila ;  or.  The  Siege  of  Gren¬ 

ada.  Sir  Bulwer  Lytton. 

207  More  Leaves  from  the  Jour¬ 
nal  of  a  Life  in  the  High¬ 
lands.  Queen  Victoria. 

208  John  Holdsworth, Chief  Mate 
W.  Clark  Russell. 

[Continued  on 


209  The  Wife’s  Secret.  Char¬ 

lotte  M.  Braeme. 

210  The  Little  Savage.  Captain 

Marryat. 

211  Omnia  Vanitas.  A  Tale  of 

Society.  Mrs.  Forrester. 

212  John  Bull’s  Neighbor  in  Her 

True  Light.  A  “B/utal 
Saxon.” 

213  Mitchelhurst  Place.  Mar¬ 

garet  Veley. 

214  The  Blatchford  Bequest. 

Hugh  Conway. 

215  A  Week  in  Killarney.  “  The 

Duchess.” 

216  Face  to  Face:  A  Fact  in  Sev¬ 

en  Fables.  R.  E.  Francillon 

217  A  Bit  of  Human  Nature. 

David  Christie  Murray. 

218  The  Prodigals :  And  Their 

Inheritance.  Mrs.  Oliphant 

219  In  Luck  at  Last.  Walt0'’ 

Besant. 

220  The  Portent.  George  Mac¬ 

donald. 

221  Phan  tastes.  A  Faerie  Ro¬ 

mance  for  Men  and  Wo¬ 
men.  George  Macdonald. 

222  The  Polish  Jew.  Erckmann- 

Chati  ian. 

223  Our  Radicals.  Captain  Fred 

Burnaby. 

224  A  Marriage  of  Convenience. 

Harriet  Jay. 

225  The  Family  Difficulty.  Sarah 

Doudney. 

226  Mrs.Vereker’s  Courier  Maid. 

Mrs.  Alexander. 

227  The  Baby.  “  The  Duchess." 

228  Diana  of  the  Crossways. 

George  Meredith. 

229  At  Any  Cost.  Charlotte  M- 

Braeme. 

230  That  Terrible  Man.  W.  E. 

Norris. 

231  The  Armourer's  Prentices. 

Charlotte  M.  Yonge. 

232  The  Talk  of  the  Town.  Jas. 

Payn. 

233  Castie  Dangerous.  Sir  Wal¬ 

ter  Scott. 

234  The  Dead  Man’s  Secret.  Dr. 

Jupiter  Paeon. 

235  A  Bide  to  Khiva.  Captain 

Fred  Burnaby. 

236  Boulderstone.  Wm.  Sime. 

237  Klytia:  A  Story  of  Heidel¬ 

berg.  George  Taylor. 

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ra  Jean  Libbey. 

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